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Switzerland - Communications

Contents:

Introduction

Geography

People

Government

Economy

Communications

Transportation

Military

Transnational Issues
   

 
Communications:
Telephones - main lines in use: 5 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 8.096 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure with excellent domestic and international services
domestic: ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 100 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
international: country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 3 (2008)

Television broadcast stations: 106 (2007)

Internet country code: .ch

Internet hosts: 3.437 million (2008)

Internet users: 4.61 million (2007)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook April 2009.

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