Communication#
| Telephone system: | general assessment: highly developed and efficient domestic: fixed-line subscribership has been in decline since the mid-1990s with mobile-cellular subscribership eclipsing it by the late 1990s; the fiber-optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available |
| Telephones - main lines in use | 3.342 million (2012) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: | 13.59 million (2012) |
| international: | country code - 43; satellite earth stations - 15; in addition, there are about 600 VSATs (very small aperture terminals) (2007) |
| Broadcast media: | Austria's public broadcaster, Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), was the main broadcast source until commercial radio and TV service was introduced in the 1990s; cable and satellite TV are available, including German TV stations (2008) |
| Internet country code: | .at |
| Internet hosts: | 3.512 million (2012) |
| Internet users: | 6.143 million (2009) |