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Other pages in this profile of Poland:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
11.475 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
36.746 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network has accelerated with market based competition finalized in 2003; fixed-line service, dominated by the former state-owned company, is dwarfed by the growth in wireless telephony domestic: wireless service, available since 1993 (GSM service available since 1996) and provided by three nation-wide networks, has grown rapidly in response to the weak fixed-line coverage; third generation UMTS service available in urban areas; cellular coverage is generally good with more gaps in the east; fixed-line service is growing slowly and still lags in rural areas international: country code - 48; international direct dialing with automated exchanges; satellite earth station - 1 with access to Intelsat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik (2002) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
40 (2006) |
Internet country code |
.pl |
Internet hosts |
5.681 million (2007) |
Internet users |
11 million (2006) |
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Airports |
123 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 83 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 30 1,524 to 2,437 m: 39 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 40 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 13 under 914 m: 22 (2007) |
Heliports |
7 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 13,552 km; oil 1,384 km; refined products 777 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 23,072 km broad gauge: 629 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 22,443 km 1.435-m gauge (20,555 km operational; 11,910 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 423,997 km paved: 295,356 km (includes 484 km of expressways) unpaved: 128,641 km (2004) |
Waterways |
3,997 km (navigable rivers and canals) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 11 ships (1000 GRT or over) 55,701 GRT/45,082 DWT by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 2, passenger/cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1, vehicle carrier 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Nigeria 1) registered in other countries: 102 (Antigua and Barbuda 2, Bahamas 15, Cyprus 18, Liberia 14, Malta 25, Norway 3, Panama 15, Slovakia 2, St Vincent and The Grenadines 1, Vanuatu 7) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie, Szczecin |
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