Bulgaria Communications - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/bulgaria/bulgaria_communications.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,868,200 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,597,500 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: extensive but antiquated
domestic: more than two-thirds of the lines are residential; telephone service is available in most villages; a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions, the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay
international: country code - 359; direct dialing to 58 countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 2 Intelsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:
39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:
.bg

Internet hosts:
53,421 (2004)

Internet users:
630,000 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria Communications 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Communications 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.