Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.22 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 69
Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 3.7 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 104 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 127
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor service outside Chisinau; some modernization is under way
domestic: multiple private operators of GSM mobile-cellular telephone service are operating; GPRS system is being introduced; a CDMA mobile telephone network began operations in 2007; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 373; service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - at least 3 (Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik) (2011)
Broadcast media:
state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster operates 2 TV and 2 radio stations; a total of nearly 40 terrestrial TV channels and some 50 radio stations are in operation; Russian and Romanian channels also are available (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006)
Television - broadcast stations:
40 (2006)
Internet hosts:
711,564 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
Internet users:
total: 1.6 million
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percent of population: 44.8% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 106