Telephones - main lines in use: 11 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
13 million (2002)
Telephone system:
underdeveloped and outmoded system in the process of being overhauled; partial privatization of the state-owned telephone monopoly (TPSA) is underway; the long waiting list for main line telephone service has resulted in a boom in mobile cellular telephone use
domestic:
cable, open wire, and microwave radio relay; 3 cellular networks; local exchanges 56.6% digital
international:
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, NA Eutelsat, 2 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions), and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 14, FM 777, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 20.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 179 + 256 repeaters (1995)
Televisions: 13.05 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 19 (1999)
Internet Users: 12 million (2003)
Country code (Top level domain): PL