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Slovakia is located Central Europe, south of Poland. The climate is temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters. The terrain is rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south.

Telephones

Telephones - main lines in use : 1.151 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 6.068 million (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 entry
Telephone system - general assessment : Slovakia has a modern telecommunications system that has expanded dramatically in recent years with the growth in cellular services
Telephone system - domestic : analog system is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; 3 companies provide nationwide cellular services
Telephone system - international : country code - 421; 3 international exchanges (1 in Bratislava and 2 in Banska Bystrica) are available; Slovakia is participating in several international telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of external services

Radio broadcast stations

This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
Radio broadcast stations : AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios

Radios : 3.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations

Television broadcast stations : 80 (national broadcasting 6, regional 7, local 67) (2004)

Televisions

Televisions : 2.62 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 : .sk

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 : 717,744 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 6 (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 : 2.35 million (2007)

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