Telephones - fixed lines: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet users: Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total subscriptions: 3,672,500
(2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45
(2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
38
total subscriptions: 11.292 million
(2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 137
(2017 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
79
general assessment:
highly developed telecommunications infrastructure with excellent domestic and international services
(2016)
domestic:
ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 140 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
(2016)
international:
country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
(2016)
the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French; private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally; TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services; SRG/SSR operates 17 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage
(2015)
total: 7,312,744
(July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 89.4%
(July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
59
total: 3.85 million
(2017 est.)
[see also: Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47
(2017 est.)
[see also: Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
31