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Telephones - main lines in use: 29.41 million (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 40 million [over 80% of population] (2002)
Telephone system:
technologically advanced domestic and international system
domestic:
equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems
international:
40 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Radio broadcast stations: AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 84.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 78 (plus 869 repeaters) (1997)
Televisions: 30.5 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 364 (1999)
Country code: GB (but UK is almost universally used as the top-level domain)
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