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Telephones - main lines in use: 5.04 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 7.418 million (2006)
Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure
with excellent domestic and international services
domestic: ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and
infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 100 per 100 persons;
extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
international: country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low power stations),
shortwave 2 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code: .ch
Internet hosts: 1.405 million (2007)
Internet users: 4.36 million (2006)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook January 2008.
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