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Telephones - main lines in use: |
8.07 million (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
1.78 million (1998)
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Telephone system: |
general assessment:
underdeveloped and outmoded system; government aimed to have 10 million telephones in service by 2000; the process of partial privatization of the state-owned telephone monopoly has begun; in 1998 there were over 2 million applicants on the waiting list for telephone service
domestic:
cable, open wire, and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks; local exchanges 56.6% digital
international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, NA Eutelsat, 2 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios: |
20.2 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations: |
179 (plus 256 repeaters) (September 1995)
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Televisions: |
13.05 million (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.pl
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
19 (2000)
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Internet users: |
2.8 million (2000)
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