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Communications (Portugal)

Telephones - main lines in use: 4.234 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 11.448 million (2005)
Telephone system: general assessment: Portugal's telephone system has achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities
domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations
international: country code - 351; 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 (1998)
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; includes Azores and Madeira Islands) (1995)
Televisions: 3.31 million (1997)
Internet country code: .pt
Internet hosts: 845,980 (2005)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 16 (2000)
Internet users: 7.783 million (2006)

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