Communications in Bulgaria (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**3.186 million (1999)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**3 million (2003)

**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)

**Radios:**4.51 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**33 (1999)

**Televisions:**3.31 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**20 (1999)

Country code: BG

See also : Bulgaria