Telephones - main lines in use: 3,577,300 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 8,727,200 (2004)
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 low-power repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code: .hu
Internet hosts: 261,294 (2005)
Internet users: 3.05 million (2005)