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Communications of Greece

Telephones - main lines in use:6.185 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:10.043 million (2005)
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: country code - 30; 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 repeaters); also 2 stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Televisions:2.54 million (1997)
Internet country code:.gr
Internet hosts:587,717 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):27 (2000)
Internet users:3.8 million (2005)

Greece Quickstats

  • Population: 10,706,290 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 131,940 sq km
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  • GDP (per capita):
  • Literacy: 96%

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  • Currency: euro (EUR)
  • Dial code: +30

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