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Romania Communications 2000
Telephones - main lines in use:
3.84 million (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
52,000 (1999)
Telephone system:
domestic:
poor service; 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)
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