Telecommunications in Croatia explained

Telecommunications in Croatia covers fixed and mobile telephones, radio, television, and the Internet.

Telephones

1. Main lines in use: 1.9 million .
2. Mobile cellular: 6.0 million .
3. Mobile operators:
   1. Hrvatski Telekom (prefixes +38598, +38599; GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, LTE 800 MHz and 1800 MHz, 2,273,000 users as at ^[1])
   2. A1 (prefix +38591; GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, LTE 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz, 2,100,000 users)^[2]
   3. Tele2 (prefix +38595; GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, 897,000 users at the end of ^[3])
4. Mobile virtual network operator:
   1. bonbon (prefix +385977 and +385976; uses Hrvatski Telekom's network)
   2. Tomato (prefix +38592; uses A1's network)
5. Telephone system :
   1. domestic:
      1. all local lines are digital;
      2. main operator: Hrvatski Telekom (owned by Deutsche Telekom);
      3. other operators: Iskon, Optima Telekom.
   2. international:
      1. country code - +385
      2. digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb;
      3. Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of two fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik;
   3. Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with Germany, Albania, and Greece.

Radio and television

See also: List of radio stations in Croatia.

1. Radio broadcast stations: FM 150 .
2. Radios: 3.5 million .
3. Television free-to-air terrestrial stations: 29 .
4. Televisions: 3.2 million .

Internet

See main article: Internet in Croatia.

1. Top-level domain: .hr, administered by the Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNET).^[4]
2. Internet users:
   1. 2.8 million users, 80th in the world; 63.0% of the population, 59th in the world ;^{[5] [6]}
   2. 2.2 million users .^[4]
3. Fixed broadband: 909,090 subscriptions, 58th in the world; 20.3% of the population, 48th in the world .^{[5] [7]}
4. Wireless broadband: 2.3 million subscribers, 60th in the world; 52.3% of the population, 26th in the world .^[8]
5. Internet hosts: 729,420 hosts, 50th in the world .^[4]
6. IPv4: 2.0 million addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 455.9 addresses per 1000 people .^{[9] [10]}
7. Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 41 .

See also

• List of radio stations in Croatia

External links

• Hrvatski Telekom
• A1 (was Vipnet)
• Telemach (was Tele2 and Optima)
• Iskon
• Tomato
• bonbon
• Telekom: Croatian telecommunication agency

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hrvatski Telekom - Business and Financial Review - Analyst Presentation - Results for the year .
2. http://www.vipnet.hr/cw/show?idc=8748781 VIPonline
3. Web site: Tele2 Sells Its Croatian Business to United Group. www.total-croatia-news.com. en-gb. 2019-06-04.
4. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/croatia/ "Communications: Croatia"
5. Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: ", Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved
6. http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Individuals_Internet_2000-2012.xls "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet -"
7. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants "
8. http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ICTEYE/Reporting/DynamicReportWizard.aspx "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants "
9. http://www.countryipblocks.net/country-blocks/select-formats/ Select Formats
10. https://web.archive.org/web/20070613003851/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html Population