Germany Telecommunications Profile 2002

Telephones - main lines in use

50.9 million (March 2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

55.3 million (June 2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part
domestic: Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries
international: Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the INMARSAT, INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, and INTERSPUTNIK satellite systems (2001)

Radios

77.8 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998)

Televisions

51.4 million (1998)

Television broadcast stations

373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code

.de

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

200 (2001)

Internet users

32.1 million (2002)