Telephones - main lines in use 17.336 million (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular 8.394 million (1999)

Telephone system
general assessment: generally adequate, modern facilities; teledensity is 44 main lines for each 100 persons
domestic: NA
international: 22 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), NA Eutelsat; tropospheric scatter to adjacent countries

Radio broadcast stations AM 208, FM 715, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 13.1 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 224 (plus 2,105 repeaters)
note: these figures include 11 television broadcast stations and 88 repeaters in the Canary Islands (1995)

Televisions 16.2 million (1997)

Internet country code .es

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 56 (2000)

Internet users 7.38 million (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Spain on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Spain Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Spain Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.