United Kingdom: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 33.613 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 52 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 80.284 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 125 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: technologically advanced domestic and international system domestic: equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems international: country code - 44; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at le (2015) |
Broadcast media | public service broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world; BBC operates multiple TV networks with regional and local TV service; a mixed system of public and commercial TV broadcasters along w (2008) |
Internet country code | .uk |
Internet users | total: 58.961 million percent of population: 92% (July 2015 est.) |