ublic

Telephones - main lines in use:
3.626 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
9,708,700 (2003)

Telephone system:
general assessment: privatization and modernization of the Czech
telecommunication system got a late start but is advancing steadily;
growth in the use of mobile cellular telephones is particularly
vigorous
domestic: 86% of exchanges now digital; existing copper subscriber
systems now being enhanced with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(ADSL) equipment to accommodate Internet and other digital signals;
trunk systems include fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 420; satellite earth stations - 2
Intersputnik (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Intelsat, 1
Eutelsat, 1 Inmarsat, 1 Globalstar

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)

Radios:
3,159,134 (December 2000)

Television broadcast stations:
150 (plus 1,434 repeaters) (2000)

Televisions:
3,405,834 (December 2000)

Internet country code:
.cz

Internet hosts:
295,677 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
more than 300 (2000)

Internet users:
2.7 million (2003)

Transportation Czech Republic

Railways:
total: 9,543 km
standard gauge: 9,421 km 1.435-m gauge (2,893 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 122 km 0.760-m gauge (23 km electrified) (2004)

Highways:
total: 127,204 km
paved: 127,204 km (including 518 km of expressways)
unpaved: 0 km (2002)

Waterways:
664 km (on Elbe, Vltava, and Oder rivers) (2004)

Pipelines:
gas 7,020 km; oil 547 km; refined products 94 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Decin, Prague, Usti nad Labem

Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 3

Airports:
120 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 44
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 17 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 76
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 48 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)

Military Czech Republic

Military branches:
Army of the Czech Republic (ACR): Joint Forces Command, Support and
Training Forces Command (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18-50 years of age for voluntary military service; military service
transformed into a fully professional, all-volunteer force no longer
dependent on conscription beginning i