Croatia - Communications
Geography - People - Economy - Government - Communications - Transportation - Military - Transnational IssuesCroatia is located Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. The climate is Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast. The terrain is geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use : 1.825 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular : 5.035 million (2007)
Telephone system
This entry includes a brief general assessment of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entryTelephone system - general assessment : the telecommunications network has improved steadily since the mid-1990s; the number of fixed telephone lines holding steady at about 40 per 100 persons; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions exceeds the population
Telephone system - domestic : more than 90 percent of local lines are digital
Telephone system - international : country code - 385; digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb; Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of 2 fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik; the ADRIA-1 submarine cable provides connectivity to Albania and Greece (2007)
Radio broadcast stations
This entry includes the total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.Radio broadcast stations : AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)
Radios
Radios : 1.51 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations
Television broadcast stations : 36 (plus 321 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions
Televisions : 1.22 million (1997)
Internet country code
This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).Internet country code : .hr
Internet hosts
This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.Internet hosts : 1.111 million (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : 9 (2000)
Internet users
This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.Internet users : 1.995 million (2007)
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