Telephones - main lines in use 627,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 2,200 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: inadequate, outmoded, poor service outside Chisinau, some effort to modernize is under way
domestic: new subscribers face long wait for service; mobile cellular telephone service being introduced
international: service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik

Radio broadcast stations AM 7, FM 50, shortwave 3 (1998)

Radios 3.22 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 1 (plus 30 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions 1.26 million (1997)

Internet country code .md

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 2 (1999)

Internet users 15,000 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Moldova 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 Moldova Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Moldova Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.