Telephony

Cyta

CYTA

CYTA is the national telecommunications provider of Cyprus.The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority , a semi-governmental organisation incorporated by law, is the leading provider of Integrated Electronic Communications in Cyprus...

, the state-owned telecommunications company manages most Telecommunications and Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 connections on the island. However, following the recent liberalization

Liberalization

In general, liberalization refers to a relaxation of previous government restrictions, usually in areas of social or economic policy. In some contexts this process or concept is often, but not always, referred to as deregulation...

 of the sector, a few private telecommunications companies have emerged.

Telephone system:
Excellent in Cyprus

domestic:
open wire, fibre-optic cable, and microwave radio relay

international:
tropospheric scatter; 3 coaxial and 5 fiber-optic submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 and 2 Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

), 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat

Land lines

Telephones - main lines in use:
418,400 (2004)

Companies that offer land-based telecommunication services:

• Cyta
  CYTA
  CYTA is the national telecommunications provider of Cyprus.The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority , a semi-governmental organisation incorporated by law, is the leading provider of Integrated Electronic Communications in Cyprus...
  
  
• Cablenet
  Cablenet
  Cablenet is a privately owned company that offers telecommunication and entertainment services for the retail market and provides a full range of telecommunication services for the corporate market. Cablenet is the alternative provider with the largest international capacity in Cyprus...
  
  
• TelePassport
• OTEnet Telecom
• PrimeTel
  PrimeTel
  PrimeTel is a private Cypriot telecommunications carrier. Through their partnership with Electricity Authority of Cyprus , they have built their own fiber-optic network and ADSL2+ platform...
  
  
• Omega Telecom

Mobile

Telephones - mobile cellular:
640,500 (2004)

Companies that offer mobile cellural services:

• CytaMobile-Vodafone (a subsidiary of Cyta
  CYTA
  CYTA is the national telecommunications provider of Cyprus.The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority , a semi-governmental organisation incorporated by law, is the leading provider of Integrated Electronic Communications in Cyprus...
  
  )
• MTN Cyprus - (used to be named: Areeba Cyprus before September 1, 2007)

Broadcasting

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation

The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation ) or CyBC is Cyprus's public broadcasting service, transmitting island-wide on four radio and two television channels. CyBC is a non-profit organization that utilises its entire income for the promotion of its main mission, which is the objective provision of...

 (CyBC) (Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 ΡΙΚ) is the main broadcaster in Cyprus, although there are also privately owned radio and TV stations. A TV channel from Greek

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 state broadcaster ERT

Elliniki Radiofonia Tileorasi

The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation is the Greek state-owned public radio and television broadcasting corporation. It is a member of EBU.Since 70's ERT is part of the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by EBU...

 is also available. The British Forces Broadcasting Service

British Forces Broadcasting Service

The British Forces Broadcasting Service provides radio and television programmes for HM Forces, and their dependents, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Gibraltar, Kosovo, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and Tristan da Cunha as well as a live satellite...

 also operates radio and TV stations, although the TV signal is now confined to the Sovereign Base Areas or encrypted for copyright reasons.

Subscriber TV:
The first subscription channels in Cyprus were LTV and Alpha, offered by Multichoice

MultiChoice

MultiChoice is a South African company which operates the DStv satellite television service, the main satellite TV service in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net terrestrial pay TV company, and broadcasts the full range of M-Net channels on the...

 since the mid-90s. Some major platforms today are:

• AthenaSAT, offering approximately 15 channels via satellite
• Cablenet
  Cablenet
  Cablenet is a privately owned company that offers telecommunication and entertainment services for the retail market and provides a full range of telecommunication services for the corporate market. Cablenet is the alternative provider with the largest international capacity in Cyprus...
  
  , offering services over their cable network with their triple-play package with over 30 channels
• NOVA Cyprus
  NOVA Cyprus
  NOVA Cyprus is a Cypriot digital satellite pay television service owned by Multichoice Cyprus. NOVA launched in July 2004 and was the first DTH satellite provider to launch in Cyprus...
  
   with approximately 35 themed channels via satellite.
• CytaVision, offering approximately 30 channels via an ADSL IPTV
  IPTV
  Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
  
   platform, and LTV and Alpha
• PrimeTel
  PrimeTel
  PrimeTel is a private Cypriot telecommunications carrier. Through their partnership with Electricity Authority of Cyprus , they have built their own fiber-optic network and ADSL2+ platform...
  
   offers more than 30 digital TV channels using ADSL IPTV
  IPTV
  Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
  
  , as well as LTV and Nova packages.

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:
310,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
4 plus 225 low-power repeaters

Televisions:
248,000 (1997)

List of public TV stations:

• ΡΙΚ1 (CyBC 1st channel - island-wide coverage)
• ΡΙΚ2 (CyBC 2nd channel - island-wide coverage)
• ANT1
  ANT1 Cyprus
  ANT1 Cyprus is a free to air terrestrial TV channel established in 1993. The channel is partly owned by ANT1 Greece. It is a general entertainment channel screening international, Greek and some locally produced programs. It transmits on channels 48, 35, 60, 41, 63, 65, 23, 26, 67, 24, 56, 37,...
  
   (private - island-wide coverage)
• CNC PLUS TV (private - island-wide coverage)
• MEGA Channel
  Mega Channel
  Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...
  
   (private - island-wide coverage)
• SIGMA TV
  Sigma TV
  Sigma TV is a commercial network in Cyprus that commenced broadcasting on April 3, 1995. It is a private service and is currently the second-rated channel in Cyprus. Sigma TV is geared at a younger audience, with the focus on the 18-45 age group. It broadcasts a mix of original programmes as...
  
   (private - island-wide coverage)
• FRED TV (private - Nicosia local coverage)
• VOX TV (private - Larnaca local coverage)
• Extra TV (private - Limassol local coverage)
• Paphos TV (private - Paphos local coverage)
• Omega (private - Paphos local coverage)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
11 (2006)

ADSL technology (up to 8 Mbit/s) is available in most urban and sub-urban areas. In several areas cable connections (up to 10Mbit/sec) are also available.

List of Internet providers in Cyprus:

• Cytanet
• Cablenet
  Cablenet
  Cablenet is a privately owned company that offers telecommunication and entertainment services for the retail market and provides a full range of telecommunication services for the corporate market. Cablenet is the alternative provider with the largest international capacity in Cyprus...
  
  
• Logosnet
• Netway
• OTEnet Telecom
• Spidernet
• Wavespeed
• PrimeTel
  PrimeTel
  PrimeTel is a private Cypriot telecommunications carrier. Through their partnership with Electricity Authority of Cyprus , they have built their own fiber-optic network and ADSL2+ platform...
  
  
• Valicom
  Valicom
  Valicom Corp.,Inc.TypePrivateFounded1991HeadquartersMadison, Wisconsin, United States ManagementNancy Peckham, President & CEOIndustrySoftware and Managed Services for Telecom Expense ManagementProducts Clearview Software...
  
  
• Inter Sat, Internet & Satellite Services
• AvacomNet
• ThunderWorx

International codes

Country codes: CY
Country calling code: 357