Communication in United Kingdom
Telephone System
General Assesment
Technologically advanced domestic and international system.
Domestic
Equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems.
International
Numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centres.
International Dialing Code
44
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
Television Broadcast Stations
228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
Internet Top Level Domain
.uk
Internet Users
33,534,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
