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Telephones - main lines in use: |
3.095 million (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
1.269 million (July 1999)
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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:
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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Radios: |
7.01 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations: |
35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters) (1995)
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Televisions: |
4.42 million (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.hu
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
16 (2000)
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Internet users: |
650,000 (2000)
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