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Hungary - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.35 million (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 9.965 million (2006) 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 Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 161 repeaters) (1995) Internet country code: .hu Internet hosts: 608,085 (2006) Internet users: 3.5 million (2006)