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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
45.2 million (1997)
note:
46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
15.318 million (April 1999)
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part
domestic:
Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available and includes roaming service to many foreign countries
international:
satellite earth stations - 14 Intelsat (12 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), 2 Intersputnik (1 Atlantic Ocean region and 1 Indian Ocean region); 7 submarine cable connections; 2 HF radiotelephone communication centers; tropospheric scatter links
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 51, FM 767, shortwave 4 (1998)
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| Radios: |
77.8 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)
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| Televisions: |
51.4 million (1998)
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| Internet country code: |
.de
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
123 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
18 million (2000)
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