Spain Telecommunications Profile 2009

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

Radios

13.1 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 18, FM 250, shortwave 2 (2008)

Televisions

16.2 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations

379 (2008)

Internet country code

.es

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

56 (2000)

Internet hosts

3.264 million (2008)

Internet users

19.69 million (2007)