Spain Telecommunications Profile 2008

Telephones - main lines in use

18.583 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular

48.813 million (2007)

Telephone system

general assessment: well developed, modern facilities; fixed-line teledensity is about 45 per 100 persons
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is nearly 170 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 34; submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, Middle East, Asia, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries

Radio broadcast stations

AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations

224 (plus 2,105 repeaters; includes 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands) (1995)

Internet country code

.es

Internet hosts

3.264 million (2008)

Internet users

19.69 million (2007)