Communications ::Switzerland

Telephones - main lines in use:

4.82 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 32

Telephones - mobile cellular:

8.78 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 65

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 115 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks

international: country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)

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