Romania Communications 1997

Telephones 2.6 million (1993 est.)

Telephone system
domestic: poor service; 89% of telephone network is automatic; trunk network ismicrowave radio relay; roughly 3,300 villages with no service (February 1990est.)
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat; new digital international direct-dialexchanges are in Bucharest (1993 est.)

Radio broadcast stations AM 12, FM 5, shortwave 0
note: in 1995, 135 local radio stations were registered

Radios 4.64 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations 436 cable TV stations, 66 local TV stations

Televisions 4.58 million (1992 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Romania on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Romania Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Romania Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.