Telephones - main lines in use:
314,700 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
215,741 (2000)

Telephone system:
highly developed, completely automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables

domestic:
nationwide cellular telephone system; buried cable

international:
3 channels leased on TAT-6 coaxial submarine cable (Europe to North America)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:
285,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (1999)

Televisions:
285,000 (1998 est.)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
8 (2000)

Note: Work has started in 2006 on a city wide WiFi

WIFI

WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA, the station is currently operated by Florence Broadcasting Partners, LLC.This station was previously owned by Real Life Broadcasting...

 project called Hotcity.

Internet users:
100,000 (2001)

Luxembourg is the home of the world's biggest satellite company, SES Astra

SES Astra

Astra is the name for the geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES S.A., a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is sometimes also used to describe the channels broadcasting from these...

, located in Betzdorf (49° 41'36 N; 6° 19'45 E)

Country code (Top-level domain): .lu

.lu

.lu is the Internet country code top-level domain for Luxembourg. .lu domains are administered by Restena. Since February 1, 2010, the administrative contact no longer needs to be based in Luxembourg....

See also

• Luxembourg
  Luxembourg
  Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...