Telecommunications in Croatia

Telecommunications in Croatia covers fixed and mobile telephones, radio, television, and the Internet.

Telephones

 * 1) Main lines in use: 1.9 million (2009).
 * 2) Mobile cellular: 6.0 million (2009).
 * 3) Mobile operators:
 * 4) Hrvatski Telekom (prefixes +38598, +38599; GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, LTE 800 MHz and 1800 MHz, 2,273,000 users as at December 2018 )
 * 5) A1 (prefix +38591; GSM 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, LTE 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz, 2,100,000 users)
 * 6) Tele2 (prefix +38595; GSM 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100 MHz and 900 MHz, 897,000 users at the end of 2018 )
 * 7) Mobile virtual network operator:
 * 8) bonbon (prefix +385977 and +385976; uses Hrvatski Telekom's network)
 * 9) Tomato (prefix +38592; uses A1's network)
 * 10) Telephone system (2015):
 * 11) domestic:
 * 12) all local lines are digital;
 * 13) main operator: Hrvatski Telekom (owned by Deutsche Telekom);
 * 14) other operators: Iskon, Optima Telekom.
 * 15) international:
 * 16) country code - +385
 * 17) digital international service is provided through the main switch in Zagreb;
 * 18) Croatia participates in the Trans-Asia-Europe (TEL) fiber-optic project, which consists of two fiber-optic trunk connections with Slovenia and a fiber-optic trunk line from Rijeka to Split and Dubrovnik;
 * 19) Croatia is also investing in ADRIA 1, a joint fiber-optic project with Germany, Albania, and Greece.

Radio and television

 * 1) Radio broadcast stations: FM 150 (May 2020).
 * 2) Radios: 3.5 million (2006).
 * 3) Television free-to-air terrestrial stations: 29 (February 2024).
 * 4) Televisions: 3.2 million (2006).

Internet

 * 1) Top-level domain: .hr, administered by the Croatian Academic and Research Network (CARNET).
 * 2) Internet users:
 * 3) 2.8 million users, 80th in the world; 63.0% of the population, 59th in the world (2012);
 * 4) 2.2 million users (2009).
 * 5) Fixed broadband: 909,090 subscriptions, 58th in the world; 20.3% of the population, 48th in the world (2012).
 * 6) Wireless broadband: 2.3 million subscribers, 60th in the world; 52.3% of the population, 26th in the world (2012).
 * 7) Internet hosts: 729,420 hosts, 50th in the world (2012).
 * 8) IPv4: 2.0 million addresses allocated, less than 0.05% of the world total, 455.9 addresses per 1000 people (2012).
 * 9) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 41 (2006).