Telecommunications in Poland

Telecommunications in Poland include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

Radio and television

Radio stations:
State-run public radio operates 5 national networks and 17 regional radio stations; 2 privately owned national radio networks, several commercial stations broadcasting to multiple cities, and many privately owned local radio stations (2007);
7 AM, 1138 FM, and 0 shortwave stations (2024).
Radios: 20.3 million (1997).
Television stations:
State-run public TV operates 2 national channels supplemented by 16 regional channels and several niche channels; privately owned entities operate several national TV networks and a number of special interest channels; many privately owned channels broadcast locally; roughly half of all households are linked to either satellite or cable TV systems providing access to foreign television networks (2007);
Main lines:
5.3 million lines in use (2022);
50.6 million lines (2021);

The auction for the 5G network in the n78 band has been ended and the commercial launch of the network is expected at the end of 2023

Top-level domain: .pl
25.0 million users, 21st in the world; 65.0% of the population, 54th in the world (2012);
22.5 million users, 19th in the world (2009);
Wireless broadband: 18.9 million subscriptions, 16th in the world; 49.3% of the population, 33rd in the world (2012).
Internet hosts: 13.3 million hosts, 12th in the world (2012).
IPv4: 19.4 million addresses allocated, 21st in the world, 0.5% of the world total, 505.9 addresses per 1000 people (2012).
Internet service providers: 19 ISPs (1999).