| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
3.095 million (1997)
|
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
1.269 million (July 1999) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 17, FM 57, shortwave 3 (1998)
|
| Television
broadcast stations |
35 (plus 161 low-power repeaters)
(1995) |
| Internet
country code |
.hu |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
16 (2000) |
| Internet
users |
1.2 million (2001) |
| Railways |
total: 7,875 km
broad gauge: 36 km 1.524-m gauge
standard gauge: 7,620 km 1.435-m gauge (2,628 km electrified)
note: Hungary and Austria jointly manage a cross-border, standard-gauge
railway connecting Gyor, Sopron, and Ebenfurt (Gysev railroad)
with a route length of 101 km in Hungary and 65 km in Austria;
156 km of this line is electrified (2002)
narrow gauge: 219 km 0.760-m gauge |
| Highways |
total: 188,203 km
paved: 81,680 km (including 438 km of expressways)
unpaved: 106,523 km (1999) |
| Waterways |
1,373 km (permanently navigable)
(1997) |
| Ports
and harbors |
Budapest, Dunaujvaros |
| Merchant
marine |
total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over)
3,784 GRT/5,500 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1 |
| Airports |
49 (2002) |