France - Communications
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Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 35.533 million; 34.8 million (metropolitan France) (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 56.719 million; 55.358 million (metropolitan France) (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : highly developed
Telephone system - domestic : extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
Telephone system - international : country code - 33; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - more than 3 (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
Telephone system - overseas departments : country codes
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios
Radios : 55.3 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions
Televisions : 34.8 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : metropolitan France - .fr; French Guiana - .gf; Guadeloupe - .gp; Martinique - .mq; Reunion - .re
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 14.256 million; 14,256,000 (metropolitan France) (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 62 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 31.295 million; 30.838 million (metropolitan France) (2007)
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