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Communications of Moldova

Telephones - main lines in use:1.018 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:1.09 million (2005)
Telephone system:general assessment: inadequate, outmoded, poor service outside Chisinau; some modernization is under way
domestic: depending on location, new subscribers may face long wait for service; 2 private operators of GSM mobile cellular telephone service are operating; GPRS system is being introduced; license for 1 CDMA mobile telephone network currently being tendered
international: country code - 373; service through Romania and Russia via landline; satellite earth stations - Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik (2006)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 2, FM 29, shortwave NA (2006)
Radios:3.22 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:40 (2006)
Televisions:1.26 million (1997)
Internet country code:.md
Internet hosts:58,886 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):2 (1999)
Internet users:406,000 (2005)

Moldova Quickstats

  • Population: 4,320,490 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 33,843 sq km
  • Density: 111 /km² (81st)
  • GDP (total): $9,367 million (141st)
  • GDP (per capita): $2,962 (135th)
  • Literacy: 99.1%

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  • Currency: Moldovan leu (MDL)
  • Dial code: +373

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Moldova Internet

  • Usage: 406,000
  • Penetration: 10.4 %
  • Top Domain: .md

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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