Croatia - Communications

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.832 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.47 million (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s; the number of fixed telephone lines has increased to about 40 per 100 persons; virtually 100 mobile cellular telephones per 100 persons
domestic: more than 90 percent of local lines are digital
international: country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.hr

Internet hosts:

261,954 (2007)

Internet users:

1.576 million (2006)