Hungary Communications 1997

Telephones 2.16 million (1 January 1996) - there are 21.1 per 100 inhabitants,54.1 per 100 households; mobile telephone services are used by 267,000 subscribers

Telephone system 14,213 telex lines; automatic telephone network based on microwave radiorelay system; the average waiting time for telephones is expected to drop to one year by the end of 1997 (down from over 10 years in the early 1990's);note - the former state-owned telecommunications firm MATAV - now privatizedand managed by a US/German consortium - has ambitious plans to upgrade theinadequate system, including a contract with the German firm Siemens and theSwedish firm Ericsson to provide 600,000 new phone lines during 1996-98
domestic : microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic OceanRegion)

Radio broadcast stations AM 32, FM 15, shortwave 0

Radios 6 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 41 (Russian repeaters 8)

Televisions 4.38 million (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Hungary on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hungary Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hungary Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.