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Introduction - Poland: | Location - Poland: | People - Poland: | Government - Poland: | Economy - Poland: | Communications - Poland: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 11.475 million (2006) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 36.746 million (2006) | | Telephone system | general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network has accelerated with market based competition finalized in 2003; fixed-line service, dominated by the former state-owned company, is dwarfed by the growth in wireless telephony
domestic: wireless service, available since 1993 (GSM service available since 1996) and provided by three nation-wide networks, has grown rapidly in response to the weak fixed-line coverage; third generation UMTS service available in urban areas; cellular coverage is generally good with more gaps in the east; fixed-line service is growing slowly and still lags in rural areas
international: country code - 48; international direct dialing with automated exchanges; satellite earth station - 1 with access to Intelsat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik (2002) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998) | | Television broadcast stations | 40 (2006) | | Internet country code | .pl | | Internet hosts | 358,476 (2006) | | Internet users | 11 million (2006) | |
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