Communications in Hungary
Telephones - main lines in use: 3.616 million (2003) [1]Telephones - mobile cellular: 7.005 million (2003) [1]
Telephone system:
The telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service.
domestic:
The system is digitalized and highly automated. Trunk services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay. A program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was initiated in 1996. Heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones
international:
Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals
Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 7.01 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 39 (plus several low-power stations) (1997)
Televisions: 4.42 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 13 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): HU
- See also : Hungary
