Communications in Austria (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**4 million (consisting of 3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 Integrated Services Digital Network connections); in addition, there are 300,000 Asymmetric Digital Services lines (01/2004)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**6 million (2001)

Telephone system:
_gerneral assessment:_highly developed and efficient
_domestic:_there are 48 main lines for every 100 persons; the fiber optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
_international:_satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat; in addition, there are about 600 VSAT (very small aperture terminals) (2002)

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)

**Radios:**6.08 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)

**Televisions:**4.25 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**37 (2000)

**Internet users:**3.7 million (2002)

Country code: AT

Reference

Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2002.

See also : Austria