| Communications | Brazil |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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39.4 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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199 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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120.98 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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609 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: good working system; fixed-line connections have remained relatively stable in recent years and stand at about 20 per 100 persons; less expensive mobile cellular technology is a major driver in expanding telephone service to the low-income segment of the population with mobile-cellular telephone density reaching nearly 65 per 100 persons
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations; mobile-cellular usage has more than tripled in the past 5 years
international: country code - 55; landing point for a number of submarine cables, including Atlantis 2, that provide direct links to South and Central America, the Caribbean, the US, Africa, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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145,597 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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671,417 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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1,234,406 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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138 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,440,140 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.br |
Internet hosts:
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9.573 million (2008) |
Internet users:
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50 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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252 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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