This article concerns the systems of communications in Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

The Principality of Liechtenstein is a doubly landlocked alpine country in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east. Its area is just over , and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan...

 possesses a number of modern communications systems, some of which are shared with the neighbouring country, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. The country code and top-level domain for Liechtenstein is .li

.li

.li is the Internet country code top-level domain for Liechtenstein. It was created in 1993. The domain is sponsored and administered by the Hochschule Liechtenstein in Vaduz, but domain names with the extension can also be registered with SWITCH, administrator of Switzerland's .ch ccTLD...

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Telephone and internet

Liechtenstein's automatic telephone system is connected to the Swiss

Communications in Switzerland

-Telephones:In 2007 there were 5 million fixed telephone lines in use and 8,096,000 mobile phones, more than one per capita.The telephone system is described as providing "excellent domestic and international services" and having an "extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks" in the CIA...

 telephone networks via cable and microwave radio relay systems. There are 20,072 main line telephones in the country serviced by the network. In April 1999, Liechtenstein ceased to be a part of the Swiss telephone numbering plan

Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a telephone network. A closed numbering plan, such as found in North America, imposes a fixed total length to numbers...

, where the country used the Swiss area code "075", opting instead to have a unique country calling code, "+423". In terms of internet, there are 44 service providers in Liechtenstein and Switzerland combined.

Radio and television

There are four FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

 radio broadcast stations in Liechtenstein serving 21,000 radio

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...

s. The television broadcast system is linked to the Swiss networks, with the Swiss services serving 12,000 televisions in Liechtenstein.