Telecommunications

OTE, the former state monopoly, is the main player in fixed-line telephony. Since the liberalization of the telecommunications market, OTE has been slowly losing market share to "alternative", competing telecom operators, such as Vivodi, Q-Telecom, Tellas and Forthnet. As of 2005, OTE's share on the market hovered around 76%. OTE (NYSE: OTE) is the national telecommunications provider of Greece. ... Vivodi is a private telecom operator in Greece that offers low telephone rates for OTE subscribers through call-by-call, carrier preselection or prepaid cards, and for business customers, also offering leased line solutions. ... Q-telecom (mobile network code: 202-09) is the fourth player in mobile telephony in Greece. ...

Telephones - main lines in use: 6,348,800 (2004). This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Telephone system:

• modern networks reach all areas; microwave radio relay carries most traffic; 20.000 kilometers of fiber optics and extensive open-wire network; submarine cables to off-shore islands
• domestic: 100% digital; microwave radio relay, open wire, and submarine cable
• international: 100% digital; tropospheric scatter; 8 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Eutelsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... Intelsat, Ltd. ... Eutelsat S.A. is a French-based satellite provider. ...

Mobile Telecommunications

Greece has four mobile telecom companies; Cosmote, Vodafone, WIND and Q-Telecom. COSMOTE Mobile Telecommunications S.A. (ASE: COSMO), took only 3 years, April 1998 to June 2001, to become the leading mobile phone operator in the Greek market. ... Vodafone Greece is the Greek subsidary of Vodafone. ... WIND Hellas is a mobile telecommunications company with its headquarters located on Kifisias Avenue, in the northern Athens suburb of Marousi. ... Q-telecom (mobile network code: 202-09) is the fourth player in mobile telephony in Greece. ...

Number of active lines: 12,500,000 (Dec 2005), which means 117% market penetration. Mobile penetration reached 123% in 2006, the second highest in the world.

Satellite Telecommunications

Greece owns one Telecommunications Satellite, named Hellasat, which provides telecommunication services in a major part of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 23 (1999). Internet penetration: 33.9% (2005). Country code (Top-level domain): .gr “ISP” redirects here. ...

See also: Broadband Internet access worldwide#Greece

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Mass Media

Radio broadcast stations: The state radio and television broadcasting agency is ERT (Elliniki Radiofonia kai Tileorasi - Greek Radio & Television). The station owns 3 national television stations, ET-1, NET (Nea Elliniki Tileorasi) and ET-3 which is based out of Thessaloniki. In January 2006, ERT launched Digital Terrestrial Television with 3 channels. By March 2006, at least 65% of the Greek population will be able to view Digital TV for free with the use of set-top boxes. ERT also operates 7 national radio stations, including ERA 5, the Voice of Greece, which broadcasts internationally via shortwave. ERT is based in Athens. Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi (Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση — Hellenic Broadcasting [and] Television) is Greeces state-owned public television broadcasting corporation. ... ET1 or ET-1 may be: ERT1, the 1st channel from Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi (ERT), the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ET-1, an extrasolar planet orbiting star HD 102195 This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word... NET or New Hellenic Television is the Secondary channel from ERT, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. ... ET3 or ET-3 may be: Electronics Technician Third Class, United States Naval rating ERT3, 3rd channel from Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi (ERT), the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation Vespa ET-3, model produced between 1970s and the mid 1990s This page expands a three-character combination which might be any... Thessaloniki, (Conventional English form: Salonika, Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη), is Greeces second-largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia and the periphery of Central Macedonia. ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... The Voice of Greece (Greek: Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ), also known as ERA 5, is the international service of Greek state radio on shortwave and via satellite. ... The Voice of Greece (Greek: Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ), also known as ERA 5, is the international service of Greek state radio on shortwave and via satellite. ...

The first non-pirate private radio station to broadcast in Greece was Athena 98,4 FM, in 1987. Private television began in November, 1989 when Mega Channel began operating. Today, over 1,000 radio stations and approximately 150 television stations broadcast in Greece. Digital satellite broadcasting began in 1999 by a company called Nova. Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV, was the first corporate-owned channel to launch on the Greek airwaves. ...

Radios: 5.02 million (1997) Television broadcast stations:64 (plus about 1,000 low-power repeaters); also two stations in the US Armed Forces Network (1999) Televisions: 2.54 million (1997)

Post

ELTA is the state-owned postal service provider of Greece. A number of private courier services, such as ACS and Speedex, also operate in Greece.

Regulation

The telecommunications and postal services market in Greece is regulated by the National Regulatory Authority (EETT). EETT (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων - lit: National Committee of Telecommunications and Post) is the greek regulator of the telecommunication and postal markets. ... EETT (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων - lit: National Committee of Telecommunications and Post) is the greek regulator of the telecommunication and postal markets. ...

See also

• Greece
• OTE
• EETT