Bulgaria: Communications

Communications Bulgaria
Telephones - main lines in use:
 2,868,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 2,597,500 (2002)
Telephone system:
 general assessment: extensive but antiquated
domestic: more than two-thirds of the lines are residential; telephone service is available in most villages; a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions, the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay
international: country code - 359; direct dialing to 58 countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 2 Intelsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)
Radio broadcast stations:
 AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)
Radios:
 4.51 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)
Televisions:
 3.31 million (1997)
Internet country code:
 .bg
Internet hosts:
 32,986 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 200 (2001)
Internet users:
 630,000 (2002)

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