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Poland Communications 2013

SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES











Poland Communications 2013
SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES


Page last updated on February 12, 2013

Telephones - main lines in use:
6.853 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 27
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
50.16 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network has accelerated with market-based competition; fixed-line service, dominated by the former state-owned company, is dwarfed by the growth in mobile-cellular services
domestic: mobile-cellular service available since 1993 and provided by three nation-wide networks with a fourth provider beginning operations in late 2006; coverage is generally good with some gaps in the east; fixed-line service 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

Broadcast media:
state-run public TV operates 2 national channels supplemented by 16 regional channels and several niche channels; privately-owned entities operate several national TV networks and a number of special interest channels; many privately-owned channels broadcasting locally; roughly half of all households are linked to either satellite or cable TV systems providing access to foreign television networks; state-run public radio operates 5 national networks and 17 regional radio stations; 2 privately-owned national radio networks, several commercial stations broadcasting to multiple cities, and many privately-owned local radio stations (2007)

Internet country code:
.pl

Internet hosts:
13.265 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 12
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
22.452 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]


NOTE: 1) The information regarding Poland on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Poland Communications 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Poland Communications 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order






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