The telephone system inAndorra, including mobile, data and Internet is operated exclusively by the Andorran national telecommunications company,Andorra Telecom, formerly known asServei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra (STA). The same company is also responsible for managing the technical infrastructure and national broadcasting networks for radio and television, both analogue and digital.
At one time, Andorra shared the country code of France (+33), and also had a special routing code for calls from Spain, but now has its own country calling code,376.
Telephones - main lines in use: 37,200 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 171
Telephones - mobile cellular: 68,500 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 187
Telephone system:
domestic: modern system with microwave radio relay connections between exchanges
international: landline circuits to France and Spain
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 0 (easy access to radio and television broadcasts originating in France and Spain) (2007)
There are two abandoned high power mediumwave broadcasting facilities, situated atEncamp and onPic Blanc.
Radios: 16,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (2007)
Televisions: 27,000 (1997)
As announced on 25 September 2007 all analogue transmissions ceased. Television services are now provided byTelevisió Digital Terrestre (TDT), which as well as broadcasting the one Andorran channel, broadcasts channels fromSpain andFrance.[1]
Internet access is available only through the national telephone company, Andorra Telecom (formerly STA). Access was first provided in the 1990s bydial-up, but this has since been mostly replaced throughout the country byADSL at a fixed speed of 2 Mbit/s, and in metropolitan areas of the country byfibre to the home at a fixed speed of 100 Mbit/s. The average cost of a high-speed internet connection is €35.35.[citation needed] The whole country was to have Fibre-Optic to the Home at a minimum speed of 100 Mbit/s by 2010,[1] and the availability was complete in June 2012 although actual available bandwidth to the end user never exceeds 10 Mbit/s.
Internet service providers (ISPs): 1
Internet hosts: 23,368 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 90
Internet users: 58,900 (2007)
country comparison to the world: 161
Country codes: AD (1997)
Country calling code: 376
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