| Telephones - main lines in use: |
3.777 million (1997)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
645,500 (1999)
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
poor domestic service, but improving
domestic:
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)
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
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| Radios: |
7.2 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
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| Televisions: |
5.25 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.ro
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
38 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
600,000 (2000)
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