Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 4.7 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 32

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 12.7 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 113 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 73

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007)

Broadcast media:
a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.be

Internet hosts:
5.192 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 21
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 9.5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 84.7% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 46