Telephones - main lines in use 5.431 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 937,700 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good mobile telephone and international service
domestic: microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open wire connections; submarine cable to offshore islands
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)

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

Radios 5.02 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 36 (plus 1,341 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)

Televisions 2.54 million (1997)

Internet country code .gr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 27 (2000)

Internet users 1.33 million (1999)

NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.