Internet and mobile providers
Information about the Internet providers
and mobile telephony companies in Athens
Greece and Cyprus' first communications satellite
arrived in Earth orbit Tuesday 13 of May 2003 in plenty
of time to help broadcast the 2004 Summer Olympics from
Athens.
Known as Hellas Sat, the spacecraft successfully rode
into space atop a Lockheed Martin-built Atlas 5 rocket
launched from complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station.
COMMUNICATIONS FACTS
Telephone system adequate, modern networks reach all
areas; microwave radio relay carries most traffic;
extensive open-wire network; submarine cables to
off-shore islands
domestic: microwave radio relay, open wire, and
submarine cable
international: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)
Radio broadcast stations AM 26, FM 88, shortwave 4
(1998)
Radios 5.02 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations 64 (plus about 1,000
low-power repeaters)
Televisions 2.54 million
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 23
The evolution of internet communications result the
blooming of many internet cafes in Athens.
INTERNET PROVIDERS
COSMOTE
Hellas On Line
FORTHNET
ON TELECOMS
ALTEC
VIVODI
MOBILE TELEPHONY
COSMOTE
VODAFONE
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