Short facts about communications in Spain

Telephones - main lines in use:

17.336 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

8.394 million (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  generally adequate, modern facilities; teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons domestic:  NA international:  22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

13.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

224 (plus 2,105 repeaters) note:  these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)

Televisions:

16.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.es

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

56 (2000)

Internet users:

4.6 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook