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Telephones - main lines in use:
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2.888 million (2006)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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13.075 million (2007)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily; access to the fixed-line telephone network expanded throughout the 1990s but the number of fixed line connections has been dropping since then; mobile telephone usage increased sharply beginning in the mid-1990s and the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now greatly exceeds the population
domestic: virtually all exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals; trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2 Intersputnik - Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions, 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar) (2007)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
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Television broadcast stations:
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150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
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Internet country code:
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.cz
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Internet hosts:
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2.434 million (2008)
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Internet users:
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4.4 million (2007)
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