| Telephones - main lines in use | total subscriptions: 1,682,194 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (July 2016 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 12,484,885 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 117 (July 2016 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: good telephone and Internet service; there are three major mobile phone providers, though the government is facing criticism for failing to promote sufficient competition, with critics complaining that Czech mobile phone and data prices are among the highest in the EU domestic: access to the fixed-line telephone network expanded throughout the 1990s, but the number of fixed-line connections has been dropping since then; mobile telephone usage increased sharply beginning in the mid-1990s, and the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now greatly exceeds the population international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 6 (2 Intersputnik - Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions, 1 Intelsat, 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar) (2017) |
| Broadcast media | roughly 130 TV broadcasters operating some 350 channels with 4 publicly operated and the remainder in private hands; 16 TV stations have national coverage with 4 being publicly operated; cable and satellite TV subscription services are available; 63 radio broadcasters are registered operating roughly 80 radio stations with 15 stations publicly operated; 10 radio stations provide national coverage with the remainder local or regional (2008) |
| Internet country code | .cz |
| Internet users | total: 8,141,303 percent of population: 76.5% (July 2016 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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