Germany

Telephones - main lines in use:

45.2 million (1997)

note:  46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998

Telephones - mobile cellular:

15.318 million (April 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 51, FM 767, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

77.8 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

51.4 million (1998)

Internet country code:

.de

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

123 (2000)

Internet users:

18 million (2000)

Greece

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.431 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

937,700 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

5.02 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)

Televisions:

2.54 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.gr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

27 (2000)

Internet users:

1.33 million (1999)

Greenland

Telephones - main lines in use:

25,617 (end 1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

12,676 (end 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 5, FM 12, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

30,000 (1998 est.)

Television broadcast stations:

1 publicly-owned station, some local low-power stations, and three AFRTS (US Air Force) stations (1997)

Televisions:

30,000 (1998 est.)

Internet country code:

.gl

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

4,008 (1999)

Hong Kong

Telephones - main lines in use:

3.839 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3.7 million (December 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 7, FM 13, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

4.45 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

1.84 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.hk

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

17 (2000)

Internet users:

1.85 million (2000)

Hungary

Telephones - main lines in use:

3.095 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.269 million (July 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:

7.01 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

4.42 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.hu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

650,000 (2000)

Iceland

Telephones - main lines in use:

168,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

65,746 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM about 70 (including repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

260,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

14 (plus 156 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

98,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

. is

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7 (2000)

Internet users:

144,000 (2000)

India

Telephones - main lines in use:

27.7 million (October 2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.93 million (November 2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998)

Radios:

116 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

562 (of which 82 stations have 1 kW or greater power and 480 stations have less than 1 kW of power) (1997)

Televisions:

63 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.in

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

43 (2000)

Internet users:

4.5 million (2000)

Iran

Telephones - main lines in use:

6.313 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

265,000 (August 1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)

Radios:

17 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

4.61 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ir

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

100,000 (2000)

Iraq

Telephones - main lines in use:

675,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

4.85 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

13 (1997)

Televisions:

1.75 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.iq

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Ireland

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.59 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2 million (2001)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

2.55 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (many low-power repeaters) (2001)

Televisions:

1.82 million (2001)

Internet country code:

.ie

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

22 (2000)

Internet users:

1 million (2001)

Israel

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.8 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.5 million (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.07 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

17 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

1.69 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.il

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

21 (2000)

Internet users:

1 million (2000)

Italy

Telephones - main lines in use:

25 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

20.5 million (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM about 100, FM about 4,600, shortwave 9 (1998)

Radios:

50.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

358 (plus 4,728 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

30.3 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.it

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

93 (Italy and Holy See) (2000)

Internet users:

11.6 million (2000)

Japan

Telephones - main lines in use:

60.381 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

63.88 million (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 190, FM 88, shortwave 24 (1999)

Radios:

120.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

7,108 (plus 441 repeaters; note - in addition, US Forces are served by 3 TV stations and 2 TV cable services) (1999)

Televisions:

86.5 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.jp

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

73 (2000)

Internet users:

27.06 million (2000)

Kenya

Telephones - main lines in use:

290,000 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

5,345 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 24, FM 8, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

3.07 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

8 (1997)

Televisions:

730,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ke

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

45,000 (1999)

Kuwait

Telephones - main lines in use:

412,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

210,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

1.175 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)

Televisions:

875,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.kw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

100,000 (2000)

Latvia

Telephones - main lines in use:

748,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

77,100 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

1.76 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

44 (plus 31 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

1.22 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.lv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

42 (2000)

Internet users:

234,000 (2000)

Liechtenstein

Telephones - main lines in use:

20,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

21,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

NA (linked to Swiss networks) (1997)

Televisions:

12,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.li

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

44 (Liechtenstein and Switzerland) (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Luxembourg

Telephones - main lines in use:

314,700 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

215,741 (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:

285,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (1999)

Televisions:

285,000 (1998 est.)

Internet country code:

.lu

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

86,000 (1999)

Malta

Telephones - main lines in use:

187,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

17,691 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

255,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

6 (2000)

Televisions:

280,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.mt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

40,000 (2000)

Mexico

Telephones - main lines in use:

9.6 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.02 million (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 865, FM about 500, shortwave 13 (1999)

Radios:

31 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

236 (plus repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

25.6 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.mx

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

51 (2000)

Internet users:

2.5 million (2000)

Monaco

Telephones - main lines in use:

31,027 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM NA, shortwave 8 (1998)

Radios:

34,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (1998)

Televisions:

25,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.mc

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Morocco

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.391 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

116,645 (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998)

Radios:

6.64 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ma

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

120, 000 (1999)