Telecommunications in Croatia

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.750 million (1.600.000 POTS,150.000 ISDN) (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.5 million (2005)

ADSL lines: 100.000 (2005)

Mobile operators:

• T-Mobile Croatia (prefixes +38598,+38599; GSM 900 and 1800MHz, UMTS 2100MHz)
• VIPnet (prefix +38591; GSM 900 and 1800MHz, UMTS 2100MHz)
• Tele2 (prefix +38595; GSM only, 900 and 1800MHz)
• A fourth mobile license is being offered in 2006

Telephone system (fixed line; as of 2000):

• domestic:
  • reconstruction plan calls for replacement of all analog circuits with digital and enlarging the network
  • a backup will be included in the plan for the main trunk
  • main operator: T-Hrvatski telekom
  • other operators: Optima Telekom, Portus Telekom (H-1)
• 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 two fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik
  • Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with Germany, Albania, and Greece

Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 98, shortwave 5 (1999)

Radios: 1.51 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 36 (plus 321 repeaters) (September 1995)

Televisions: 1.22 million (1997)

Country code: HR
Internet top-level domain: .hr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 12 (2004)

Internet hosts: 29,644 (2004)

Internet users: 1.2 million (2004)

See also

• Croatia