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Telephones - main lines in use: 1.950 million (1.700.000 POTS,250.000 ISDN) (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 3.8 million (2006)

ADSL lines: 300,000 (2006)

Mobile operators:

  • T-Mobile Croatia (prefixes +38598,+38599; GSM 900 and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz, 2,000,000 users)
  • VIPnet (prefix +38591; GSM 900 and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz, 1,600,000 users[1])
  • Tele2 (prefix +38595; GSM only, 900 and 1800 MHz, 500,000 users)

Mobile virtual network operator:

  • Tomato (prefix +38592; GSM only, 900 MHz?)

Telephone system (fixed line; as of 2000):

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 Providers (ISPs): 41 (2006)

Internet hosts: 29,644 (2004)

Internet users: 1.5 million (2006)

Broadband Internet access

In Croatia ADSL was introduced in 2000. It is controlled by monopoly operator T-Com [1], which is former HT (Hrvatski telekom meaning Croatian telecom). Local loop is expected to be unbundling after 01.09.2006. so we will se 2-3 companies offering ADSL2+ Internet Access and TriplePlay.

T-Com adsl  :

Prices :

  • 1024/256 kbit/s from 11 euro + data package
  • 3048/352 kbit/s from 28 euro + data package
  • 5072/512 kbit/s from 51 euro + data package

Data Packages:

  • 1024 MB 3 euro
  • 5120 MB 8 euro
  • Flat rate 19 euro

Iskon d.o.o. (owned by T-Com) [2]

Prices: Iskon.Duo (internet + telephone)

Limited: Up to 10 Mbit/512 kbit/s (depending on the quality of the telephone line) for 13,46 euro + data package (2 euro for 1 GB of data)

Flatrate:

  • 1024/256 kbit/s for 20,40 euro
  • 3048/384 kbit/s for 27,21 euro
  • 5072/512 kbit/s for 40,81 euro
  • 10240/512 kbit/s for 68 euro


Croatia also has Cable Internet available, however it is not as widespread as ADSL. There are four Cable internet providers:

Prices:

DCM d.o.o. [3]

Xnet Cable Internet

Unlimited package* - with fair usage policy

  • Mistral Light 384/128 kbit/s - 13 Euro
  • Mistral 768/256 kbit/s - 20 Euro
  • Scirocco 1536/384 kbit/s - 32 Euro
  • Bora 3072/512 kbit/s - 47 Euro
  • Typhoon 6144/768 kbit/s - 75 Euro

Limited package

  • Xnet XPRESS 2048/256 kbit/s - 14 Euro - 3 GB of data package included
  • Additional 256 MB of data package 0,54 Euro

Adriatic d.o.o. [4] in cooperation with Globalnet [5]

Unlimited package - with fair usage policy

  • 256/64 - 14 Euro
  • 512/128 - 25 Euro
  • 1024/192 - 38 Euro

Amis Telekom d.o.o. [6]

All speeds are Flat rate + telephone

  • 1 Mbps/256 kbps - €20 per month
  • 2 Mbps/384 kbps - €23 per month
  • 4 Mbps/768 kbps - €36 per month
  • 6 Mbps/768 kbps - €41 per month
  • 8 Mbps/768 kbps - €54 per month
  • 24 Mbps/768 kbps - €96 per month

Transintercom d.o.o. [7]

Unlimited package - with fair usage policy

  • TIC 128 MAXI 128/64 kbit/s - 26 Euro
  • TIC 256 MAXI 256/64 kbit/s - 42 Euro
  • TIC 512 MAXI 512/128 kbit/s - 76 Euro
  • TIC 768 optimal 768/128 kbit/s - 126 Euro

Limited package

  • TIC 384 MINI 384/64 kbit/s 14 Euro - 512 MB of data package included
  • TIC 768 MINI 768/128 kbit/s - 30 Euro - 512 MB of data package included
  • Additional 512 MB of data package 2,8 Euro

Magic Telekom d.o.o. [8]

Unlimited Packages

  • Flat1 256/128 kbit/s - 25 Euro
  • Flat2 512/128 kbit/s - 52 Euro

Limited Packages

  • Surf0 512/128 kbit/s - 11 Euro - 1 GB of data package included
  • Surf1 1024/128 kbit/s - 18 Euro - 2 GB of data package included
  • Surf2 2048/256 kbit/s - 35 Euro - 3 GB of data package included
  • Additional 1 GB of data package 2,8 Euro until 10 GB is reached
  • Additional 1 MB of data package 1,37 Euro for over 10 GB

Some providers charge Cable modem rental and it goes from 2 Euro to 4 Euro per month.


WiMax - Wireless internet access over WiMax standard

Novi net d.o.o. [9]

Unlimited packages

wDSL

  • 768/384 kbit/s 26,25 Euro
  • 1024/384 kbit/s 34,58 Euro
  • 2048/384 kbit/s 48,47 Euro
  • 3096/768 kbit/s 90,13 Euro

All packages contain

  • flatrate
  • web hosting 25 mb space
  • 5 mailbox with 20 mb space
  • 10 mail aliasa

wDSL Pro

  • 512/512 kbit/s 38,75 Euro
  • 1024/1024 kbit/s 67,91 Euro
  • 2048/2048 kbit/s 116,52 Euro
  • 2304/2304 kbit/s 124,86 Euro

All packages contain

  • flatrate
  • web hosting 100 mb space
  • 50 mailbox 100 mb space (name@company.nnpro.net)
  • 100 mail aliasa (in total)
  • web domena (http://company.nnpro.net)
  • you can also have your own domain (.hr/.com etc...)

TriplePlay

Vodatel d.o.o. [10] - FTTH (Fiber To The Home)

Basic package for 27 Euro contains

  • 2 telephone lines
  • 120 minuts of free telephone conversations
  • 2/2 Mbit/s internet access - 2 GB of data package included
  • 20 Digital TV channels for watching on your PC
  • 5 e-mail addresses
  • 100 MB e-mail space
  • Additional Dial Up Access
  • Antispam protection
  • Antivirus & Firewall protection

There is also upgrade plan for internet

  • 5/5 Mbit/s - 28 Euro + basic package - 5 GB of data package included
  • 10/10 Mbit/s - 42 Euro + basic package - 10 GB of data package included
  • Additional 512 MB of data package 1,38 Euro
  • For unlimited data package you have to add another 14 Euro per month

Optika kabel d.o.o. [11] and PrimaTel d.o.o. [12]

Basic package for 27 Euro contains

  • 2 telephone lines with free calls inside PrimaTel network
  • 1024/256 kbit/s internet access - 1 GB of data package included
  • 40 TV channels

Other Limited packages not in TriplePlay

  • 1024/192 kbit/s - 11 Euro - 1 GB of data package included
  • 2048/256 kbit/s - 25 Euro - 1 GB of data package included
  • 3072/386 kbit/s - 48 Euro - 1 GB of data package included

Package rates for TriplePlay and other packages:

  • 1 GB 11 Euro per month
  • 2 GB 5 Euro per month
  • 5 GB 13 Euro per month
  • 10 GB 22 Euro per month
  • FLAT 34 Euro per month

See also

References

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