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Telephones - main lines in use: 5 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 8.096 million (2007)
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 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations),
shortwave 3 (2008)
Television broadcast stations: 106 (2007)
Internet country code: .ch
Internet hosts: 3.437 million (2008)
Internet users: 4.61 million (2007)
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook April 2009.
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