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Other pages in this profile of Hungary:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
3.35 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
9.965 million (2006) |
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; 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 terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
35 (plus 161 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
.hu |
Internet hosts |
2.313 million (2007) |
Internet users |
3.5 million (2006) |
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Airports |
46 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 20 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 26 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 11 under 914 m: 10 (2007) |
Heliports |
5 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 4,397 km; oil 990 km; refined products 335 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 8,057 km broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge standard gauge: 7,802 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified) narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 159,568 km paved: 70,050 km (30,874 km of interurban roads including 626 km of expressways) unpaved: 89,518 km (2005) |
Waterways |
1,622 km (most on Danube River) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Budapest, Dunaujvaros, Gyor-Gonyu, Csepel, Baja, Mohacs (2003) |
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