Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 4.59 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: 34

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 11.9 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 76

Telephone system:
general assessment: Portugal's telephone system has a state-of-the-art network with broadband, high-speed capabilities
domestic: integrated network of coaxial cables, open-wire, microwave radio relay, and domestic satellite earth stations
international: country code - 351; a combination of submarine cables provide connectivity to Europe, North and East Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to Azores (2010)

Broadcast media:
Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), the publicly owned TV broadcaster, operates 2 domestic channels and external service channels to Africa; overall, roughly 40 domestic TV stations; viewers have widespread access to international broadcasters with more than half of all households connected to multi-channel cable or satellite TV systems; publicly owned radio operates 3 national networks and provides regional and external services; several privately owned national radio stations and some 300 regional and local commercial radio stations (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 63, shortwave 1 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
42 (2008)

Internet country code:
.pt

Internet hosts:
3.748 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 7.2 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 66.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 52