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Communications (Portugal)
| Telephones - main lines in use: |
4.234 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
11.448 million (2005) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: Portugal's telephone system has achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities
domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations
international: country code - 351; 6 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores; note - an earth station for Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region) is planned (1998) |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) |
| Radios: |
3.02 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
62 (plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands) (1995) |
| Televisions: |
3.31 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.pt |
| Internet hosts: |
845,980 (2005) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
16 (2000) |
| Internet users: |
7.783 million (2006) |
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