Online Encyclopedia
Communications in France
Telephones - main lines in use: 34.86 million (year end 1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 11.078 million (yearend 1998)
Telephone system: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of 5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone communications with more than 20 countries
Radio broadcast stations: AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios: 55.3 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 574 (plus 9,634 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions: 34.8 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 128 (1999)
Country code: FR