Telephones 600,000 (1996 est.)

Telephone system telecommunication system not well developed; 215,000 unsatisfied requests for telephone service (1991 est.); since 1997, Chisinau has been considering privatizing its state-owned telephone company
domestic: NA
international: international connections to other former Soviet republics by landline and microwave radio relay through Ukraine and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; satellite earth stations - 1 Eutelsat and 1 Intelsat; first fiber optic cable installed between Moldova and Romania

Radio broadcast stations AM 9, FM 5, shortwave NA (1994)

Radios NA

Television broadcast stations 2 (one national and one private) (1995)

Televisions NA

NOTE: The information regarding Moldova on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Moldova Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.