Telephones -
main lines in use | 4.391 million (2005) |
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Telephones -
mobile cellular | 13.354 million (2005) |
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| Telephone system | general assessment: rapidly improving domestic and international service, especially in wireless telephony
domestic: 90% of telephone network is automatic; liberalization in 2003 is transforming telecommunications; there has been 20% growth in fixed lines with a penetration rate of 58% of households; nation-wide wireless service is growing even faster with 4 major providers and a penetration rate of 32%
international: country code - 40; satellite earth stations - 10; digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate in Bucharest (2005) |
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| Radio broadcast stations | AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998) |
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Television broadcast
stations | 48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995) |
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| Internet country code | .ro |
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| Internet users | 4.94 million (2005) |
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