| Telephones - main lines in use: |
3.356 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
9.32 million (2005) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: the telephone system has been modernized and is capable of satisfying all requests for telecommunication service
domestic: the system is digitalized and highly automated; trunk services are carried by fiber-optic cable and digital microwave radio relay; a program for fiber-optic subscriber connections was initiated in 1996; heavy use is made of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 36; Hungary has fiber-optic cable connections with all neighboring countries; the international switch is in Budapest; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean regions), 1 Inmarsat, 1 very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system of ground terminals |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998) |
| Radios: |
7.01 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
35 (plus 161 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions: |
4.42 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.hu |
| Internet hosts: |
608,085 (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
16 (2000) |
| Internet users: |
3.05 million (2005) |