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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.869 million (2000)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.346 million (2000)
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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; growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly vigorous
domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber systems now being 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: satellite earth stations - 2 Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
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Radios:
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3,159,134 (December 2000)
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Television broadcast stations:
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150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)
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Televisions:
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3,405,834 (December 2000)
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Internet country code:
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.cz
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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more than 300 (2000)
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Internet users:
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2.69 million (2001)
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