Bulgaria Communications
Telephones - main lines in use2,868,200 (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)
