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Introduction - France: | Location - France: | People - France: | Government - France: | Economy - France: | Communications - France: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 53.023 million; 51.662 million (metropolitan France) (2006) | | Telephone system | general assessment: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: country code - 33; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (with total of 5 antennas - 2 for Indian Ocean and 3 for Atlantic Ocean), NA Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region); HF radiotelephone communications with more than 20 countries
overseas departments: country codes: French Guiana - 594; Guadeloupe - 590; Martinique - 596; Reunion - 262 | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998) | | Television broadcast stations | 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995) | | Internet country code | metropolitan France - .fr; French Guiana - .gf; Guadeloupe - .gp; Martinique - .mq; Reunion - .re | | Internet hosts | 3.149 million; 3.148 million (metropolitan France) (2006) | | Internet users | 31.295 million; 30.838 million (metropolitan France) (2007) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |