Communications in Croatia
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Telephone
s - main lines in use:
1.859 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.035 million (2009)
Mobile operators:
Mobile virtual network operator
:
Telephone system (fixed line; as of 2009):
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Radios:
3.51 million (2006)
Television
broadcast stations:
36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)
Televisions:
3.22 million (2006)
Country code: HR
Internet top-level domain: .hr
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs):
41 (2006)
Internet hosts:
1.287 million (2010)
Internet
users:
2.234 million (2009)
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - main lines in use:
1.859 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.035 million (2009)
Mobile operators:
- T-MobileT-MobileT-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
Croatia (prefixes +38598, +38599; GSM 900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz, 2,300,000 users) - VipnetVIPnetVipnet is the first private mobile network operator in Croatia. It has been operating a GSM network since July 1999.Since its arrival, Vipnet has broken the monopoly of CRONET and introduced many new services unknown before - SMS, prepaid and others...
(prefix +38591; GSM 900 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz, 2,100,000 users) - Tele2Tele2Tele2 AB is a major European telecommunications operator, with about 34 million customers in 11 countries. It serves as a fixed-line telephone operator, cable television provider, mobile phone operator and Internet service provider.- Overview :...
(prefix +38595; GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz, 516,000 users)
Mobile virtual network operator
Mobile virtual network operator
A mobile virtual network operator is a company that provides mobile phone services but does not have its own licensed frequency allocation of radio spectrum, nor does it necessarily have all of the infrastructure required to provide mobile telephone service...
:
- TomatoTomato (mobile phone operator)Tomato is a brand in Croatian mobile communications market owned by VIPnet. It has its own numeration and it is a prepaid product. It functions as a mobile virtual network operator....
(prefix +38592; GSM only, 900 MHz, uses Vipnet's network) - BonBonBonBon (mobile phone operator)BonBon is a brand in Croatian mobile communications market owned by T-Mobile. It has its own numeration and it is a prepaid product. It functions as a mobile virtual network operator....
(prefix +38597; GSM only, 900 MHz, uses T-Mobile's network)
Telephone system (fixed line; as of 2009):
- domestic:
- all local lines are digital
- main operator: T-Hrvatski telekomT-Hrvatski TelekomT-Hrvatski Telekom is the national telecommunications company in Croatia.Croatian Telecom was formerly the telephony branch of the state-owned monopoly Hrvatska pošta i telekomunikacije; HPT , which was split into two parts in 1999...
(owned by Deutsche TelekomDeutsche TelekomDeutsche Telekom AG is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Europe....
) - other operators: Optima Telekom, Portus Telekom (H-1), Iskon Broadband Telekom, B.net, Amis, Metronet
- international:
- country code - +385
- digital international service is provided through the main switch in ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
- Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of two fiber-optic trunk connections with SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
and a fiber-optic trunk line from RijekaRijekaRijeka is the principal seaport and the third largest city in Croatia . It is located on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,735 inhabitants...
to SplitSplit (city)Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
and DubrovnikDubrovnikDubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641... - Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
, and GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast stations:
AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Radios:
3.51 million (2006)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)
Televisions:
3.22 million (2006)
Country code: HR
Internet top-level domain: .hr
Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs):
41 (2006)
Internet hosts:
1.287 million (2010)
Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
users:
2.234 million (2009)