Hungary Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
3,666,400 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
6,862,800 (2002 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
the telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
domestic:
he 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:
country code - 36; 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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.hu
Internet hosts:
383,071 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
1.6 million (2002 est.)
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