Communications in Greece

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Telecommunications

OTE is the main player in fixed-line telephony. There are also some smaller companies as Vivodi and Q-telecom.

Telephones - main lines in use: 5.431 million (1997).

Telephone system:

  • adequate, modern networks reach all areas; microwave radio relay carries most traffic; extensive open-wire network; submarine cables to off-shore islands
  • domestic: microwave radio relay, open wire, and submarine cable
  • international: tropospheric scatter; 8 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Mobile Telecommunications

Greece has four mobile telecom companies; Cosmote, Vodafone, TIM and Q-Telecom.

Number of active lines: 10,876,544 (Sept 2003), which means more than 100% market penetration.

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 23 (1999) Country code (Top-level domain): .gr

Mass Media

Radio broadcast stations: AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios: 5.02 million (1997) Television broadcast stations:64 (plus about 1,000 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Network (1999) Televisions: 2.54 million (1997)

Post

ELTA is the state-owned postal service provider of Greece.

See also : Greece OTE


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