Telecommunications in Croatia

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

Telephones

• Main lines in use: 1.9 million (2009).
• Mobile cellular: 6.0 million (2009).
• Mobile operators:
  • 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 December 2018)
  • 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)
  • Telemach (prefix +38595; GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, 897,000 users at the end of 2018)
• Mobile virtual network operator:
  • bonbon (prefix +385977 and +385976; uses Hrvatski Telekom's network)
  • Tomato (prefix +38592; uses A1 Hrvatska's network)
• Telephone system (2015):
  • domestic:
    • all local lines are digital;
    • main operator: Hrvatski Telekom (owned by Deutsche Telekom);
    • other operators: Iskon, Optima Telekom.
  • international:
    • country code - +385
    • digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb;
    • 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;
  • 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

• Radio broadcast stations: FM 150 (May 2020).
• Radios: 3.5 million (2006).
• Television free-to-air terrestrial stations: 31 (June 2020).
• Televisions: 3.2 million (2006).

Internet

Main article: Internet in Croatia

• Top-level domain: .hr, administered by the Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNET).
• Internet users:
  • 2.8 million users, 80th in the world; 63.0% of the population, 59th in the world (2012);
  • 2.2 million users (2009).
• Fixed broadband: 909,090 subscriptions, 58th in the world; 20.3% of the population, 48th in the world (2012).
• Wireless broadband: 2.3 million subscribers, 60th in the world; 52.3% of the population, 26th in the world (2012).
• Internet hosts: 729,420 hosts, 50th in the world (2012).
• IPv4: 2.0 million addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 455.9 addresses per 1000 people (2012).
• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 41 (2006).

See also

• Croatia
• List of radio stations in Croatia

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from World Factbook (2024 ed.). CIA. (Archived 2014 edition)

External links

• Hrvatski Telekom
• A1
• Telemach
• Iskon
• Optima Telekom
• Tomato
• bonbon
• Telekom: Croatian telecommunication agency