Communications In The United Kingdom

Telephones - main lines in use: 34.898 million (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular: 40 million 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)

Sources

CIA World Factbook

See Also

United Kingdom

 

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