Telephones -
main lines in use | 3.356 million (2005) |
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Telephones -
mobile cellular | 9.32 million (2005) |
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| Telephone system | general assessment: the telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
domestic: the 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 |
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| Radio broadcast stations | AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998) |
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Television broadcast
stations | 35 (plus 161 repeaters) (1995) |
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| Internet country code | .hu |
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| Internet users | 3.05 million (2005) |
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