Communications in Romania
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Telephones - main lines in use: 4,300,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 10,678,072 (2005), 3 GSM cellular networks covering more than 85% of the territory (about 98% of the population) as well as one CDMA network. See Connex GSM Romania and Orange networks, or Largest mobile phone companies for market share data.
Telephone system:
domestic: good, modern services in urban areas; 90% of telephone network is automatic; trunk network is mostly microwave radio relay, with some fiber-optic cable; about one-third of exchange capacity is digital; roughly 3,300 villages have no service
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat; new digital international direct-dial exchanges operate in Bucharest; note - Romania is an active participant in several international telecommunication network projects (1999)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 7.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 130 (plus about 400 low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions: 5.25 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): Dial-up Access: 145 providers, Cable Access: 56 providers, Optical Fiber Access : 52 providers, Radio Access : 121 providers, xDSL Access : 65 providers, Other means (BNC,UTP etc.) : 124 providers. (source : ANRC)
Internet users:
approximately 4,940,000 (2005)
906,430 subscribers (2004)
Country code (Top level domain): RO
approx. 62,000 domains registered under .RO
- See also : Romania