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)