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Contents 1 Telephone 2 Radio 3 ТV 4 Internet 5 External links

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,294,700 (2003)

241 per 1000 ppl (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

3,678,800 (2003)

providers: T-Mobile (former name Eurotel), Orange (former name Globtel), Telefónica O2 (use brand O2)

more than 6,5 milions SIM cards per 5 401 000 peoples (2006 /data from Orange and T-Mobile/, 2007 /data from O2/)

Telephone system:

• general assessment: a modernization and privatization program has increased accessibility to telephone service, reduced the waiting time for new subscribers to zero, and generally improved service quality
• domestic: predominantly an analog system that is now receiving digital equipment and is being enlarged with fiber-optic cable, especially in the larger cities; mobile cellular capability has been added covering over 97% of area of Slovakia
• international:
  • country code - 421
  • three international exchanges (one in Bratislava and two in Banska Bystrica) are available
  • Slovakia is participating in several international telecommunications projects that will increase the availability of external services

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 15, FM 78, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

3.12 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

6 national broadcasting, 7 regional, 67 local (2004)

Televisions:

2.62 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sk

Internet hosts:

89,592 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2000)

Internet users:

1,375,800 (2003)

256 per 1000 ppl (2003)

• http://www.telecom.sk - Slovak Telecom
• http://www.t-mobile.sk - T-Mobile - mobile operator
• http://www.orange.sk - Orange - mobile operator
• http://sk.o2.com O2 - Telefonica - mobile operator
• http://www.telecom.gov.sk - Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic
• http://www.six.sk - Slovak Internet Exchange

See also : Slovakia