Editing Telecommunications in Bulgaria

{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] -->
{{More citations needed|date=August 2011}}
[[File:Vakareltower.JPG|thumb|right|275px|Blaw-Knox tower and two mast antennae, [[Vakarel radio transmitter]]]]

'''Telecommunications in Bulgaria''' include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.

==Radio and television==

* Radio broadcast stations: [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] 31, [[FM broadcasting|FM]] 63, shortwave 2 (2001).
* Radio broadcast hours: 525,511 (2003).
* Television broadcast stations: 39 (2001).
* Television broadcast hours: 498,091 (2003).

==Telephones==

* Main lines in use: 1.6 million (2015 est).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://world.bymap.org/TelephoneLines.html|title=Telephone Lines / Countries of the World|website=world.bymap.org|language=en-us|access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref>
* [[Mobile phone|Mobile cellular]]: 8.98 million lines (2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/639912/number-of-mobile-cellular-subscriptions-in-bulgaria/|title=Mobile cellular subscriptions in Bulgaria 2000-2016 {{!}} Statistic|website=Statista|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref>
* Telephone system:
** ''General assessment:'' an extensive but antiquated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; quality has improved; the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company's fixed-line monopoly terminated in 2005 when alternative fixed-line operators were given access to its network; a drop in fixed-line connections in recent years has been more than offset by a sharp increase in mobile-cellular telephone use fostered by multiple service providers; the number of cellular telephone subscriptions now exceeds the population
** ''Domestic:''  a fairly modern digital cable trunk line now connects switching centers in most of the regions; the others are connected by digital microwave radio relay
** ''International:''  country code – 359; submarine cable provides connectivity to [[Ukraine]] and [[Russia]]; a combination submarine cable and land fiber-optic system provides connectivity to [[Italy]], [[Albania]], and [[North Macedonia]]; satellite earth stations – 3 (1 [[Intersputnik]] in the Atlantic Ocean region, 2 [[Intelsat]] in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions) (2007).

==Internet==
{{Main |Internet in Bulgaria}}

* [[Top-level domain]]s: [[.bg]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Bulgaria-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/ "Communications: Bulgaria"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.</ref> and [[.бг]] <small>(proposed, Cyrillic)</small>.
* [[List of countries by number of Internet users|Internet users]]: 
** 4.1 million users (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/bulgaria/|title=Bulgaria Internet Users|website=www.internetlivestats.com|language=en|access-date=2017-10-04}}</ref> 
** 3.9 million users, 72nd in the world; 55.1% of the population, 74th in the world (2012);<ref name="NIUCalc">Calculated using penetration rate and population data from [https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329060848/https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/rank.php |date=2017-03-29 }}, Population data, International Programs,  U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013</ref><ref name="ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet">[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012"], International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013</ref> 
** 3.4 million users, 63rd in the world (2009);<ref name=CIAWFB-Bulgaria-2014/>
** 1.9 million users (2007).
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Fixed broadband]]: 1.2 million subscriptions, 52nd in the world; 17.6% of population, 53rd in the world (2012).<ref name=NIUCalc/><ref name="FixedBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions|Wireless broadband]]: 2.8 million, 55th in the world; 40.3% of the population, 41st in the world (2012).<ref name="MobleBroadbandITUDynamic2012">[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"], Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, [[International Telecommunication Union]]. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.</ref>
* [[List of countries by number of Internet hosts|Internet hosts]]: 
** 976,277 hosts, 47th in the world (2012);<ref name=CIAWFB-Bulgaria-2014/>
** 513,470 (2008).
* [[List of countries by IPv4 address allocation|IPv4]]: 4.2 million addresses allocated, 0.1% of the world total, 589.7 addresses per 1000 people, 51st in the world (2012).<ref>[http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513033601/http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ |date=2009-05-13 }}, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population], [[The World Factbook]], [[United States]] [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.</ref>

==See also==

* [[Internet Society – Bulgaria]]
* [[List of internet service providers in Bulgaria]]
* [[Bulgaria]]

==References==

{{CIA World Factbook}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Clear}}
{{Telecommunications in Europe}}
{{Europe topic|Media of}}
{{Bulgaria topics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Telecommunications In Bulgaria}}
[[Category:Telecommunications in Bulgaria| ]]