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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 120
272,400 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 156
727,000 (2009)
Telephone system
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Highly developed, completely automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables Domestic Fixed line teledensity over 50 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated International Country code - 352 (2008)Broadcast media
Luxembourg has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services to pan-European audiences and is home to Europe's largest privately-owned broadcast media group, the RTL group, which operates 46 TV stations and 29 radio stations in Europe; also home to Europe's largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES); domestically, the RTL group operates TV and radio networks; other domestic private radio and TV operators and French and German stations available; satellite and cable TV services available (2008) Internet country code
.lu
Internet hosts World Ranking: 66
253,959 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 121
424,500 (2009)
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GPS points from Luxembourg (Luxembourg City)
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Founded in 963, Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 and an independent state under the Netherlands. It lost more than half of its territory to Belgium in 1839 but gained a larger measure of autonomy. Full independence was attained in 1867. Overrun by Germany in both world wars, it ended its neutrality in 1948 when it entered into the Benelux Customs Union and when it joined NATO the following year. In 1957, Luxembourg became one of the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (later the European Union), and in 1999 it joined the euro currency area.