Germany: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 45.352 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 56 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 96.36 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 119 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been moderniz domestic: extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roa international: country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems (2015) |
Broadcast media | a mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations; more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV; hundreds (2008) |
Internet country code | .de |
Internet users | total: 70.82 million percent of population: 87.6% (July 2015 est.) |