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Telephones - main lines in use:
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5.3 million (yearend 1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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3,074,194 (1999)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: undergoing rapid development in recent years, Portugal's telephone system, by the end of 1998, achieved a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities and a main line telephone density of 53%
domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations
international: 6 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores; note - an earth station for Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region) is planned
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 47, FM 172 (many are repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
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Radios:
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3.02 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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62 (plus 166 repeaters)
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands (1995)
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Televisions:
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3.31 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.pt
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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16 (2000)
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Internet users:
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4.4 million (2002)
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