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France - Communications

Contents:
Introduction
Geography
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
   
 
Communications:
Telephones - main lines in use: 33,905,400 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 41,683,100 (2003) 

Telephone system: general assessment: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: country code - 33; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of 5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone communications with more than 20 countries 

Radio broadcast stations: AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) 

Radios: 55.3 million (1997) 

Television broadcast stations: 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995) 

Televisions: 34.8 million (1997) 

Internet country code: .fr 

Internet hosts: 2,396,761 (2004)

Internet users: 21.9 million (2003

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook.

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