Telecommunications in the Czech Republic

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There are telecommunications in the Czech Republic.

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Office

There is a Czech Telecommunication Office (Czech: Český Telekomunikační Úřad) called CTU. [1] [2]

Companies

Telecom companies have included České Radiokomunikace, O2 Czech Republic (formerly Telefonica O2 Czech Republic), [3] Vodafone Czech Republic (formerly Oskar Mobil a.s.), CETIN, CS Link, EurotelSkylink and Telekom Austria Czech Republic.

Telephones

The number of main line telephones in use was 3,741,492 in 1998, [4] 3.869 million in 2000, [5] 3.626 million in 2003, [6] 2.888 million in 2006, [7] and 1,294,806 in 2021. [8] The number of mobile cellular phones was 965,476 in 1998, [4] 4.346 million in 2000, [5] 9.708 million in 2003, [6] and 13.075 million in 2007. [7]

Copper subscriber systems have been improved with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals. Trunk systems include fibre-optic cable and microwave radio relay. [5]

Television

There were 3,428,817 televisions in December 1999 [9] and 3,405,834 televisions in December 2000. [10] There were 150 television broadcast stations and 1,434 repeaters in 2000. [5]

Radio

There were 3,173,856 radios in December 1999, [9] and 3,159,134 radios in December 2000. [10] In 2000, the radio broadcast stations were AM 31, FM 304 and shortwave 17. [5] In 1999, they were AM 21, FM 199 and shortwave 1. [9]

Internet

The number of internet users was 2.69 million in 2001, [5] 5.1 million in 2005, [11] 4.4 million in 2007 [7] and 7.6 million in 2012. [12] There were 35 Internet Service Providers in 1999, [9] and more than three hundred in 2000. [5]

The internet country code is .cz. [5]

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