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Telecommunications in Moldova are maintained at a relatively high performance level. Because Moldova is a small country, telecommunications companies managed to achieve good coverage in both wired and wireless communications infrastructure. Landline is available in most settlements, however mobile phone popularity has vastly increased in recent years. Mobile communications infrastructures are fairly well developed but suffer from high prices, nonetheless the amount of mobile subscriptions is growing very fast compared to the landline. As far as the Internet is concerned, Moldova has one of the best wired Internet connections in the world as well as one of the cheapest in $ per Mbit.
Moldova is divided administratively into two levels:
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- 1 2 3 4 "Republica Moldova suspendă posturi TV și site-uri proruse, inclusiv stațiile lui Șor și Plahotniuc, pe perioada stării de urgență". 30 October 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Moldova blocks more Russian media outlets". 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Moldova suspends six TV channels over Russia-Ukraine war coverage". 17 December 2022.