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Telephones - main lines in use: |
627,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
2,200 (1997)
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Telephone system: |
general assessment:
inadequate, outmoded, poor service outside Chisinau, some effort to modernize is under way
domestic:
new subscribers face long wait for service; mobile cellular telephone service being introduced
international:
service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)
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Radios: |
3.22 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations: |
1 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions: |
1.26 million (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.md
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
2 (1999)
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Internet users: |
15,000 (2000)
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