Short facts about communications in Portugal

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.3 million (end 1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3,074,194 (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  undergoing rapid development in recent years, Portugal's telephone system, by the end of 1998, achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities and a main line telephone density of 53% domestic:  integrated network of coaxial cables, open wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations international:  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

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) note:  includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)

Televisions:

3.31 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

700,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook