Czech Republic Communications
Telephones - main lines in use3.626 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular
9,708,700 (2003)
Telephone system
general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly vigorous
domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals; trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar
Radio broadcast stations
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
Television broadcast stations
150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
Internet country code
.cz
Internet hosts
295,677 (2004)
Internet users
2.7 million (2003)
