Bulgaria Communications

Country Name: Republic of Bulgaria

Capital City: Sofia

Population: 7,385,367 (July 2006)

Population Growth: -0.86% (2006)

Currency: Lev (BGL)

Languages: Bulgarian

Area: 110,910 sq km

Inflation Rate: 6.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 9.6% (2006)

Domain extension: .bg

COMMUNICATIONS OF BULGARIA

Telephones - main lines in use:

2,483,500 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6.245 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 31, FM 63, shortwave 2 (2001)

Television broadcast stations:

39 (plus 1,242 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:

.bg

Internet hosts:

184,975 (2006)

Internet users:

2.2 million (2005)

International dialing code: