Broadcasting

Radio

• Stations: AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)
• Radios: 2.55 million (1997)
• See also: List of Irish radio stations

Television

• Stations: 10 (plus 36 low-power repeaters) (1997)
• Televisions: 1.47 million (1997)
• See also: List of Irish television channels

Internet

• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 14 (1999)
• Internet penetration 38.2% of population (2004)
• Country code (top-level domain): IE
• See also: HEAnet, INEX

Broadband access is available, depending on the area, through DSL, wireless broadband, cable modem and satellite. The government site, http://www.broadband.gov.ie, details which services are available in each area of the Republic. There were 131,550 broadband connections in December 2004.

Telephone

Telephone system

• domestic: digital system using cable and microwave radio relay
• international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Telephones - fixed

• Lines: 1,600,000 (2005)
• Main operators: Eircom, Esat BT

Telephones - mobile

• Lines: 3,780,000 (2005)
• Licensed operators: Vodafone Ireland, O2 Ireland, Meteor Ltd, Hutchinson 3G Ireland Ltd.

Irish National Numbering Scheme:

• The country code for Ireland is 353.
• Irish numbers consist of a dialing code of 2 to 4 digits and a local number of 5 to 7 digits. The area code always commences with '0' (zero), but the leading zero must be dropped when calling from abroad.
• The prefixes 083, 084, 085, 086 & 087 are used for mobile phones

See also

• An Post
• Irish topics

External links

• Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (http://www.bci.ie/)
• Commission for Communications Regulation (http://www.comreg.ie/)
• IE Domain Registry (http://www.domainregistry.ie/)