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Telephones - main lines in use: 4.3 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 22.875 million (2007)

Telephone system: general assessment: the telecommunications sector is being expanded and modernized; domestic and international service improving rapidly, especially in wireless telephony domestic: more than 90 percent of telephone network is automatic; fixed-line teledensity is roughly 20 telephones per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity, expanding rapidly, now slightly exceeds 100 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 40; the Black Sea Fiber Optic System provides connectivity to Bulgaria and Turkey; satellite earth stations - 10; digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate in Bucharest (2007)

Radio broadcast stations: 698 (station frequency type NA) (2006)

Television broadcast stations: 623 (plus 200 repeaters) (2006)

Internet country code: .ro

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 12 million (2007)