Communications in Montenegro
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Fixed telephony



Services provided by T-Com Montenegro (Owned by Crnogorski Telekom), MTEL
MTEL CG
m:tel is a telecommunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Telekom Srpske .-History:...

 (Owned by Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija is a telecommunications company based in Serbia, with its headquarters in Belgrade...

 and Ogalar B.V.).

Mobile telephony



Montenegro currently has the highest penetration of GSM telephony in Europe at 208,98 %. Services are provided by three GSM operators, Telenor Montenegro (Owned by Telenor
Telenor
Telenor Group is the incumbent telecommunications company in Norway, with headquarters located at Fornebu, close to Oslo. Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand...

), T-Mobile Montenegro (Owned by Crnogorski Telekom) and m:tel
MTEL CG
m:tel is a telecommunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Telekom Srpske .-History:...

 (Owned by Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija
Telekom Srbija is a telecommunications company based in Serbia, with its headquarters in Belgrade...

 and Ogalar). All providers have national coverage, and provide advanced services. 3G
3G
3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

 telephony began operations in the summer of 2007, with all three operators implementing 3G technology.

Internet



Internet services are provided by Crnogorski Telekom and MTEL
MTEL CG
m:tel is a telecommunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Telekom Srpske .-History:...

. Crnogorski Telekom provides dial-up and ADSL access, while MTEL provides WiMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...

 access.

In October 2010, there were 2.347 dial-up connections and 63.155 broadband connections. http://www.ekip.me/download/10-2010%20Internet.pdf It is estimated that 280,000, or 41,3% of Montenegrin citizens use the internet, which places Montenegro just below the European average of internet usage.

Broadband access

ADSL became available in Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

 in 2005. So far, the sole provider of ADSL services in Montenegro is Crnogorski Telekom. There were 55.443 ADSL connections in Montenegro in October 2010 http://www.ekip.me/download/10-2010%20Internet.pdf, which makes ADSL the most popular internet access technology in the country. Speeds up to 10 Mbit/s downstream are available.

WiMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...

 access is provided by MTEL
MTEL CG
m:tel is a telecommunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Telekom Srpske .-History:...

. There were 7.381 WiMAX connection in Montenegro in October 2010. http://www.ekip.me/download/10-2010%20Internet.pdf Speeds of up to 2048kbit/s/256kbit/s are available.

.me top level domain

.me, the top level domain for Montenegro, was (May 2008) in its “national sunrise” phase. Next were the “general sunrise” and “land rush” periods. Then, starting in July 2008, applications were processed on a “first come, first served” basis.

Broadcast



RTCG
RTCG
Radio Television of Montenegro is the public broadcasting organization of Montenegro...

is the state-owned public broadcaster with nationwide coverage. Other privately owned television broadcast stations mostly cover major cities in Montenegro.
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