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The telecommunications and postal services market in Greece is regulated by the [[Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission]] (EETT).<br />
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==Landline telephone==<br />
[[File:Athens-Kiffisia-aerial.jpg|thumb|240px|[[OTE]] headquarters in Athens.]]<br />
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[[OTE|COSMOTE]], the former state monopoly, is the main player in fixed-line telephony. Since the liberalization of the telecommunications market, COSMOTE (OTE) has been slowly losing market share to "alternative", competing telecom operators, such as [[Vodafone Greece|Vodafone]], [[Nova (Greece)|Nova]]. As of 2005, COSMOTE's share on the market hovered around 76%.<br />
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Telephones – main lines in use: 6,348,800 (2004).<br />
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Telephone system:<br />
*modern networks reach all areas; microwave radio relay carries most traffic; 35,000 kilometers of [[optical fiber]]s and extensive open-wire network; submarine cables to off-shore [[List of islands of Greece|islands]].<br />
*domestic: 100% digital; microwave radio relay, open wire, and submarine cable.<br />
*international: 100% digital; 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).<br />
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==Cellular network==<br />
Greece has three mobile telecom companies; [[Cosmote]], [[Vodafone Greece|Vodafone]] and [[Nova (Greece)|Nova]].<br />
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Number of active lines: 20,285,000 (September 2009), which means 180% penetration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.ellada&id=100711|title=Δύο φορές ο πληθυσμός μας σε συνδέσεις|work=Ελευθεροτυπία}}</ref><br />
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==Satellite==<br />
Greece owns one telecommunications satellite, named [[Hellas Sat]], which provides telecommunication services in a major part of Eastern Europe and Western Asia.<br />
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==Internet==<br />
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4,893,840 IP addresses, 1.6638e+30 IPv6 addresses, 5,920,000 Internet Users,<br />
2,396,700 broadband connections,<br />
23 Internet Service Providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ipduh.com/macro/gr/|title=GR – Internet – Greece|access-date=21 November 2020|archive-date=12 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312180244/https://ipduh.com/macro/gr/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Mail==<br />
[[Hellenic Post]] is the state-owned postal service provider of Greece. A number of private courier services, such as [[DHL]], ACS, [[United Parcel Service]] and [[FedEx]] (Speedex), also operate in Greece.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Economy of Greece]]<br />
*[[OTE]]<br />
*[[Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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