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Telephones - main lines in use:
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627,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2,200 (1997)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate, outmoded, poor service outside Chisinau; some effort to modernize is under way
domestic: new subscribers face long wait for service; mobile cellular telephone service being introduced
international: service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)
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Radios:
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3.22 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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1 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions:
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1.26 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.md
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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2 (1999)
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Internet users:
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15,000 (2000)
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