Telephones 44 million

Telephone system Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunicationssystems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification,the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country is being rapidlymodernized and integrated with that of the western part
domestic: the region which was formerly West Germany is served by an extensivesystem of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-opticcable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system;cellular telephone service is widely available and includes roaming serviceto many foreign countries; since the reunification of Germany, the telephonesystem of the eastern region has been upgraded and enjoys many of the advantagesof the national system
international: satellite earth stations - 14 Intelsat (12 Atlantic Ocean and 2 IndianOcean), 1 Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), 2 Intersputnik (1Atlantic Ocean region and 1 Indian Ocean region); 6 submarine cable connections;2 HF radiotelephone communication centers; tropospheric scatter links

Radio broadcast stations western - AM 80, FM 470, shortwave 0; eastern - AM 23, FM 17, shortwave0

Radios 70 million (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations 246 (repeaters 6,000); note - there are 15 Russian repeaters in easternGermany

Televisions 44.8 million (1992 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Germany on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Germany Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Germany Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.