Communications in Bulgaria
- Communications in Bulgaria
Telephones - main lines in use:3.186 million (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:8,445,000 (March 2007) (110% penetration rate)
Telephone system:more than two-thirds of the lines are residential
* "Domestic:" Extensive but antiquated transmission system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; telephone service is available in most villages; a more modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions, the others being connected by digital microwave
* "International:" Direct dialing to 58 countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 2 Intelsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 24, FM 93, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radio broadcast hours:525,511 (2003)
Radios:4.51 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:140 (2005)
Television broadcast hours:498,091 (2003)
Televisions:3.31 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):200+ only in the capital of Sofia (2005)
300+ in the rest ot the countryCountry code: BG
ee also
*Bulgaria
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