Nepal

Telephones - main lines in use:

236,816 (January 2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (January 2000)

Radios:

840,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

1 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:

130,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.np

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2000)

Internet users:

35,000 (2000)

Netherlands

Telephones - main lines in use:

9, 132,400 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4,081,891 (April 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4, FM 58, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:

15.3 million (1996)

Television broadcast stations:

21 (plus 26 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

8.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.nl

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

52 (2000)

Internet users:

6.8 million (2000)

New Zealand

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.84 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

588,000 (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 124, FM 290, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

3.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

41 (plus 52 medium-power repeaters and over 650 low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

1.926 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.nz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

36 (2000)

Internet users:

1.34 million (2000)

Norway

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.735 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2,080,408 (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 5, FM at least 650, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

4.03 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

360 (plus 2,729 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

2.03 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.no

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

13 (2000)

Internet users:

2.36 million (October 2000)

Poland

Telephones - main lines in use:

8.07 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.78 million (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

20.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions:

13.05 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pl

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

19 (2000)

Internet users:

2.8 million (2000)

Portugal

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.3 million (end 1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3,074,194 (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.02 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

62 (plus 166 repeaters)
note:  includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)

Televisions:

3.31 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

16 (2000)

Internet users:

700,000 (2000)

Romania

Telephones - main lines in use:

3.777 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

645,500 (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:

7.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

5.25 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ro

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

38 (2000)

Internet users:

600,000 (2000)

Russia

Telephones - main lines in use:

30 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.5 million (October 2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 420, FM 447, shortwave 56 (1998)

Radios:

61.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

7,306 (1998)

Televisions:

60.5 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ru

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

35 (2000)

Internet users:

9.2 million (2000)

Saudi Arabia

Telephones-main lines in use:

3.1 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1 million
note:  in 1998, the government contracted for the installation of 575,000 additional Group Speciale Mobile (GSM) cellular telephone lines over 15 months to raise the total number of subscribers to more than one million; Riyadh planned to further expand the GSM system in 1999 by adding an additional one million lines (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

6.25 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

117 (1997)

Televisions:

5.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sa

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

42 (2001)

Internet users:

400,000 (2001)

Slovakia

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,934,558 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

736,662 (April 1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

38 (plus 864 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

2.62 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sk

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2000)

Internet users:

700,000 (2000)

Slovenia

Telephones - main lines in use:

722,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1 million (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 17, FM 160, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

805,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

48 (2001)

Televisions:

710,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.si

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

11 (2000)

South Africa

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.075 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

over 2,000,000 (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

13.75 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

556 (plus 144 network repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

5.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.za

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

44 (2000)

Internet users:

1.82 million (2000)

Spain

Telephones - main lines in use:

17.336 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

8.394 million (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

13.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

224 (plus 2,105 repeaters)

note:  these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)

Televisions:

16.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.es

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

56 (2000)

Internet users:

4.6 million (2000)

Sweden

Telephones - main lines in use:

6.017 million (December 1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3.835 million (October 1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 265, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

8.25 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

169 (plus 1,299 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

4.6 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.se

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

29 (2000)

Internet users:

4.5 million (2000)

Switzerland

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.82 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.967 million (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low power stations), shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

7.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

3.31 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ch

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

44 (Switzerland and Liechtenstein) (2000)

Internet users:

2.4 million (2000)

Thailand

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.4 million (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.3 million (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

13.96 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

15.19 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.th

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

15 (2000)

Internet users:

1 million (2000)

Turkey

Telephones - main lines in use:

19.5 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

12.1 million (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 16, FM 72, shortwave 6 (1998)

Radios:

11.3 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

635 (plus 2,934 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

20.9 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.tr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

22 (2000)

Internet users:

2 million (2000)

Tuvalu

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

0 (1994)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

4,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

0 (1997)

Televisions:

800

Internet country code:

.tv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Ukraine

Telephones - main lines in use:

9.45 million (April 1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

236,000 (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 134, FM 289, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

45.05 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

at least 33 (plus 21 repeaters that relay broadcasts from Russia) (1997)

Televisions:

18.05 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.ua

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

32 (2000)

Internet users:

200,000 (2000)

United Kingdom

Telephones - main lines in use:

34.878 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

13 million (yearend 1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios:

84.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

30.5 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.uk

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

245 (2000)

Internet users:

19.47 million (2000)

United States

Telephones - main lines in use:

194 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

69.209 million (1998)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)

Radios:

575 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)

Televisions:

219 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.us

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

7,800 (2000 est.)

Internet users:

148 million (2000)

Vietnam

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.6 million (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

730,155 (2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 65, FM 7, shortwave 29 (1999)

Radios:

8.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

at least 7 (plus 13 repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:

3.57 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.vn

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

121,000 (2000)

World

Telephones - main lines in use:

NA

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios:

NA

Television broadcast stations:

NA

Televisions:

NA

Internet country code:

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

10,350 (2000 est.)

Internet users:

407.1 million (2000 est.)

Yugoslavia

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.017 million (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

87,000 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 113, FM 194, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.15 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

more than 771 (including 86 strong stations and 685 low-power stations, plus 20 repeaters in the principal networks; also numerous local or private stations in Serbia and Vojvodina) (1997)

Televisions:

2.75 million (1997)

Internet country code:

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

9 (2000)

Internet users:

80,000 (2000)

Taiwan

Telephones - main lines in use:

12.49 million (September 2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

16 million (September 2000)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50 (1999)

Radios:

16 million (1994)

Television broadcast stations:

29 (plus two repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

8.8 million (1998)

Internet country code:

.tw

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

8 (2000)

Internet users:

6.4 million (2000)