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==Austria Telecommunications Profile 2014==
*Telephones - main lines in use 3.342 million (2012)
*Telephones - mobile cellular 13.59 million (2012)
*Telephone system
:general assessment: highly developed and efficient
:domestic: fixed-line subscribership has been in decline since the mid-1990s with mobile-cellular subscribership eclipsing it by the late 1990s; the fiber-optic net is very extensive; all telephone applications and Internet services are available
:international: country code - 43; satellite earth stations - 15; in addition, there are about 600 VSATs (very small aperture terminals) (2007)
*Broadcast media Austria's public broadcaster, Osterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), was the main broadcast source until commercial radio and TV service was introduced in the 1990s; cable and satellite TV are available, including German TV stations (2008)
*Internet country code .at
*Internet hosts 3.512 million (2012)
*Internet users 6.143 million (2009)
==Austria Military Profile 2014==
*Military branches Land Forces (KdoLdSK), Air Forces (KdoLuSK)
*Military service age and obligation registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory service; males under the age of 35 must complete basic military training (6 month duration); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service (2012)
*Manpower available for military service
:males age 16-49: 1,941,110
:females age 16-49: 1,910,434 (2010 est.)
*Manpower fit for military service
:males age 16-49: 1,579,862
:females age 16-49: 1,554,130 (2010 est.)
*Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
:male: 48,108
:female: 45,752 (2010 est.)
*Military expenditures
:0.81% of GDP (2012)
:0.82% of GDP (2011)
:0.81% of GDP (2010)
==Austria Transportation Profile 2014==
*Railways
:total: 6,399 km
:standard gauge: 5,927 km 1.435-m gauge (3,853 km electrified)
:narrow gauge: 384 km 1.000-m gauge (15 km electrified); 88 km 0.760-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2008)
*Roadways
:total: 124,508 km
:paved: 124,508 km (includes 1,719 km of expressways) (2012)
*Waterways 358 km (2011)
*Pipelines gas 4,736 km; oil 663 km; refined products 157 km (2013)
*Ports and terminals river port(s): Enns, Krems, Linz, Vienna (Danube)
*Merchant marine registered in other countries: 3 (Cyprus 1, Kazakhstan 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010)
*Airports 52 (2013)
*Airports - with paved runways total: 24
:over 3,047 m: 1
:2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
:914 to 1,523 m: 4
:under 914 m: 13 (2013)
*Airports - with unpaved runways
:total: 28
:1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
:914 to 1,523 m: 3
:under 914 m:
:24 (2013)
*Heliports 1 (2013)
==Austria Transnational Issues Profile 2014==
*Disputes - international none
*Illicit drugs transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and South American cocaine destined for Western Europe; increasing consumption of European-produced synthetic drugs
*Refugees and internally displaced persons
:refugees (country of origin): 19,577 (Russia); 11,906 (Afghanistan) (2013)
:stateless persons: 542 (2012)
==[[Environment of Austria]]==
[[Austria's Carbon dioxide emissions]]
[[Austria's  Consumption of ozone-depleting substances]]
[[Austria's  Energy efficiency]]
[[Austria's  Habitat protection]]
[[Austria's  Marine habitat protection]]
[[Austria's  Resource usage]]
[[Austria's  Terrestrial habitat protection]]


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