Communications in Romania (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**3.84 million (1999)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**4,905,900 (2003), 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):**30 (1999)

**Internet users:**about 1,000,000 (2002)

Country code (Top level domain): RO

See also : Romania