Communications in the United Kingdom (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**29.41 million (1995)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**40 million [over 80% of population] (2002)

**Telephone system:**technologically advanced domestic and international system
_domestic:_equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems
_international:_40 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)

**Radios:**84.5 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**78 (plus 869 repeaters) (1997)

**Televisions:**30.5 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**364 (1999)

Country code: GB (but UK is almost universally used as the top-level domain)

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