Telephones - main lines in use:
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17.336 million (1999)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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8.394 million (1999)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: generally adequate, modern facilities; teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons
domestic: NA
international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios:
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13.1 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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224 (plus 2,105 repeaters)
note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)
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Televisions:
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16.2 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.es
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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56 (2000)
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Internet users:
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7.89 million (2002)
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