Switzerland Communications

Country Name: Swiss Confederation

Capital City: Bern

Population: 7,523,934 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.43% (2006)

Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)

Languages: German, French, Italian,

Area: 41,290 sq km

Inflation Rate: 1.2% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 3.8% (2005)

Domain extension: .ch

COMMUNICATIONS OF SWITZERLAND

Telephones - main lines in use:

5.123 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6.847 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low power stations), shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

115 (plus 1,919 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.ch

Internet hosts:

2,442,659 (2006)

Internet users:

5,097,822 (2005)

International dialing code: