| Communications | Belgium |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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4.64 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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445 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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12.154 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,166 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities
domestic: nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3) (2007) |
Broadcast media:
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a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,490,211 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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132,045 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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10,431,477 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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25 (plus 10 repeaters) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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417,260 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.be |
Internet hosts:
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4.465 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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8.113 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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778 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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