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Communications

 
 Telephones - main lines in use 4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
 
 Telephones - mobile cellular 4.5 million (2000)
 
 Telephone system
 general assessmenthighly developed and efficient
 domesticthere are 48 main lines for every 100 persons and the system is nearly 100% digital; the fiber optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
 internationalsatellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 2 Eutelsat (1999)
 
 Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 61 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)
 
 Radios 6.08 million (1997)
 
 Television broadcast stations 45 (plus 960 repeaters) (1995)
 
 Televisions 4.25 million (1997)
 
 Internet country code .at
 
 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 37 (2000)
 
 Internet users 2.6 million (2000)

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