Austria Telecommunications Profile 2002

Telephones - main lines in use

4 million (consisting of 3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 Integrated Services Digital Network connections); in addition, there are 100,000 Asymmetric Digital Services lines (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

6 million (2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: highly developed and efficient
domestic: there are 48 main lines for every 100 persons; the fiber optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Eutelsat; in addition, there are about 600 VSAT (very small aperture terminals) (2002)

Radios

6.08 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 2, FM 160 (plus several hundred repeaters), shortwave 1 (2001)

Televisions

4.25 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations

45 (plus more than 1,000 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code

.at

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

37 (2000)

Internet users

3.7 million (2002)