WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 279 / 356
Montenegro 684,736 353,300 821,800 266,000
Poland 38,518,241 11.475 million 36.746 million 11 million
Romania 22,276,056 4.386 million 13.354 million 5.063 million
Russia 141,377,752 40.1 million 120 million 25.689 million
Serbia 10,150,265 2.719 million 6.644 million 1.4 million
Slovakia 5,447,502 1.167 million 4.893 million 2.256 million
Slovenia 2,009,245 837,500 1.82 million 1.251 million
Turkey 71,158,647 18.978 million 43.609 million 12.284 million
Ukraine 46,299,862 12.341 million 49.076 million 5.545 million
Table A- 2 Telephone lines and internet users in Eastern Europe
A.3 Telephone system in Eastern Europe
The following table shows the general situation of the access to the information in the
various Eastern European countries.
Data updated on 2007 and taken from the “CIA World FactBook”.
Country Telephone system
Albania general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines
remains low with roughly 10 lines per 100 people; however, cellular telephone use is
widespread and generally effective; combined fixed line and mobile telephone
density is approximately 60 telephones per 100 persons.
domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has
been available since 1996; by 2003 two companies were providing mobile services
at a greater density than some of Albania's Balkan neighbors; Internet broadband
services initiated in 2005; internet cafes are popular in Tirana and have started to
spread outside the capital.
international: country code - 355; submarine cable provides connectivity to Italy,
Croatia, and Greece; the Trans-Balkan Line, a combination submarine cable and