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Telephones - main lines in use:
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8.07 million (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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13 million (2002)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: underdeveloped and outmoded system in the process of being overhauled; partial privatization of the state-owned telephone monopoly is underway; the long waiting list for main line telephone service has resulted in a boom in mobile cellular telephone use
domestic: cable, open-wire, and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks; local exchanges 56.6% digital
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, NA Eutelsat, 2 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios:
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20.2 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)
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Televisions:
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13.05 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.pl
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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19 (2000)
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Internet users:
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6.4 million (2001)
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