Telephones - main lines in use: 32.943 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 61.091 million (2004)
Telephone system: general assessment: technologically advanced domestic and international system domestic: equal
mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems international: country code - 44; 40 coaxial submarine
cables; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region),
and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers
Radio broadcast stations: AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 228 (plus 3,523 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code: .uk Internet hosts: 4,688,307 (2005)
Internet users: 37.8 million (2005)