Page last updated on January 31, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use:
5.461 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
13.354 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate, modern networks reach all areas; good mobile telephone and international service
domestic: microwave radio relay trunk system; extensive open-wire connections; submarine cable to offshore islands
international: country code - 30; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Europe, Middle East, and Asia; a number of smaller submarine cables provide connectivity to various parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Cyprus; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat - Indian Ocean region)

Broadcast media:
broadcast media dominated by the private sector; roughly 150 private TV channels, about a dozen of the private channels broadcast at the national or regional level; 3 publicly owned terrestrial TV channels with national coverage, 1 publicly owned satellite channel, and 3 stations designed for digital terrestrial transmissions; multi-channel satellite and cable TV services available; upwards of 1,500 radio stations, nearly all of them privately owned; state-run broadcaster has 7 national stations, 2 international stations, and 19 regional stations (2007)

Internet country code:
.gr

Internet hosts:
3.201 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 32
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
4.971 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]