Portugal: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 4,682,997 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 11.715 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 108 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: Portugal's telephone system has a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations international: country code - 351; a combination of submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, North and East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; troposp (2015) |
Broadcast media | Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), the publicly owned TV broadcaster, operates 2 domestic channels and external service channels to Africa; overall, roughly 40 domestic TV stations; viewers have widespread access to international broadcasters with more (2008) |
Internet country code | .pt |
Internet users | total: 7.43 million percent of population: 68.6% (July 2015 est.) |