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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.777 million (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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645,500 (1999)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: poor domestic service, but improving
domestic: 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)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
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Radios:
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7.2 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions:
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5.25 million (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ro
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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38 (2000)
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Internet users:
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1 million (2002)
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