Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
3.342 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
13.59 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment: highly developed and efficient
domestic:
fixed-line subscribership has been in decline since the mid-1990s with mobile-cellular subscribership eclipsing it by the late 1990s; the fiber-optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
international:
country code - 43; satellite earth stations - 15; in addition, there are about 600 VSATs (very small aperture terminals) (2007)
Austria's public broadcaster, Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), was the main broadcast source until commercial radio and TV service was introduced in the 1990s; cable and satellite TV are available, including German TV stations (2008)
3.512 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
6.143 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]