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Switzerland Communications 2016
https://allcountries.org/world_fact_book_2016/switzerland/switzerland_communications.html
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Switzerland Communications 2016
SOURCE: 2016 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 11, 2016

Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 4.37 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 38

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 11.5 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 142 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 79

Telephone system:
general assessment: highly developed telecommunications infrastructure with excellent domestic and international services
domestic: ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 125 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
international: country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French; private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally; TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services; SRG/SSR operates 18 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage (2009)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 3 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
106 (2007)

Internet country code:
.ch

Internet hosts:
5.301 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 7.1 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 88.0% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 54


NOTE: The information regarding Switzerland on this page is re-published from the 2016 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Switzerland Communications 2016 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Switzerland Communications 2016 should be addressed to the CIA.




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