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Other pages in this profile of Bulgaria:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
2.399 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
8.253 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; quality has improved; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers domestic: 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; submarine cable provides connectivity to Ukraine and Russia; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to Italy, Albania, and Macedonia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 2 Intelsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2007) |
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 |
298,781 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.87 million (2006) |
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Airports |
214 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 131 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 18 1,524 to 2,437 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 95 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 83 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 72 (2007) |
Heliports |
4 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 2,505 km; oil 339 km; refined products 156 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 4,294 km standard gauge: 4,049 km 1.435-m gauge (2,710 km electrified) narrow gauge: 245 km 0.760-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 44,033 km paved: 43,593 km (includes 333 km of expressways) unpaved: 440 km (2004) |
Waterways |
470 km (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 71 ships (1000 GRT or over) 833,153 GRT/1,194,660 DWT by type: bulk carrier 37, cargo 14, chemical tanker 4, container 6, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 4 foreign-owned: 3 (Germany 1, Ireland 1, Russia 1) registered in other countries: 39 (Comoros 1, Malta 15, Mongolia 2, Panama 1, Slovakia 7, St Vincent and The Grenadines 13) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Burgas, Varna |
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