Hungary: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 3,094,228 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 11.786 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 119 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: modern telephone system is digital and highly automated; trunk services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay domestic: competition among mobile-cellular service providers has led to a sharp increase in the use of mobile-cellular phones since 2000 and a decrease in the number of fixed-line connections 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 termin (2015) |
Broadcast media | mixed system of state-supported public service broadcast media and private broadcasters; the 5 publicly owned TV channels and the 2 main privately owned TV stations are the major national broadcasters; a large number of special interest channels; highly d (2016) |
Internet country code | .hu |
Internet users | total: 7.209 million percent of population: 72.8% (July 2015 est.) |