Communication in Crete
Telephone System
General Assesment
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
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).
International Dialing Code
30
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4 (1998)
Television Broadcast Stations
36 (plus 1,341 repeaters); also 2 stations in the US Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (1995)
Internet Top Level Domain
.gr
Internet Users
905,824
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown