Telephones - main lines in use 34.86 million (yearend 1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular 11.078 million (yearend 1998)

Telephone system
general assessment: highly developed
domestic: extensive cable and microwave radio relay; extensive introduction of fiber-optic cable; domestic satellite system
international: 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

Radio broadcast stations AM 41, FM about 3,500 (this figure is an approximation and includes many repeaters), shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios 55.3 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 584 (plus 9,676 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions 34.8 million (1997)

Internet country code .fr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 62 (2000)

Internet users 11.7 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding France on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of France Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about France Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.