Short facts about communications in Austria

Telephones - main lines in use:

4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.5 million (2000)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  highly developed and efficient domestic:  there are 48 main lines for every 100 persons and the system is nearly 100% digital; 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 2 Eutelsat (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 61 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

6.08 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

45 (plus 960 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

4.25 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.at

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

37 (2000)

Internet users:

2.6 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook