Telephones -
main lines in use | 4.234 million (2005) |
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Telephones -
mobile cellular | 11.448 million (2005) |
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| 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) |
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| Radio broadcast stations | AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) |
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Television broadcast
stations | 62 (plus 166 repeaters; includes Azores and Madeira Islands) (1995) |
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| Internet country code | .pt |
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| Internet users | 7.783 million (2006) |
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