The telephone system in

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

, including mobile, data and Internet is operated exclusively by the Andorran national telecommunications company, Andorra Telecom, formerly known as Servei 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.

Telephone

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

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 at

Encamp Encamp () is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, El Tremat, La Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004, it ha ...

and on Pic Blanc. Radios: 16,000 (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 1 (2007) Televisions: 27,000 (1997) As announced on 25 September 2007 all analogue transmissions ceased. Television services are now provided by Televisió Digital Terrestre (TDT), which as well as broadcasting the one Andorran channel, broadcasts channels from

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

and

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

Internet

Internet access is available only through the national telephone company, Andorra Telecom (formerly STA). Access was first provided in the 1990s by dial-up Internet access, dial-up, but this has since been mostly replaced throughout the country by

ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper wire, copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem ...

at a fixed speed of 2 Mbit/s, and in metropolitan areas of the country by fibre to the home at a fixed speed of 100 Mbit/s. The average cost of a high-speed internet connection is €35.35. The whole country was to have Fibre-Optic to the Home at a minimum speed of 100 Mbit/s by 2010,SOM Newsletter, March 2009. 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 A country code is a short alphanumeric identification code for countries and dependent areas. Its primary use is in data processing and communications. Several identification systems have been developed. The term ''country code'' frequently refe ...

: AD (1997)

Country calling code Telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas by international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards ...

: 376

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