Telephones - main lines in use:

2.097 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.69 million (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern digital system using cable and microwave radio relay
domestic: microwave radio relay
international: country code - 353; landing point for the Hibernia-Atlantic submarine cable with links to the US, Canada, and UK; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 9, FM 106, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (many repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:

.ie

Internet hosts:

429,487 (2007)

Internet users:

1.437 million (2006)