Telekom Austria
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Croatia
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US Department Of State Post Report
The Embassy phone number is 381-11-361-9344. The Embassy facsimile machine number is 381-11-361-8230. The cost of a fax is about the same as a telephone call. In addition, the Embassy has recently acquired IVG lines, which are intended primarily to call the State Department and U.S. diplomatic missions abroad. However, it can also be used to make local calls in the Washington, DC dialing area and 800 number calls. The telephone service within Serbia and Montenegro is adequate but subject to extraneous noise, and unexplained disconnections. Embassy personnel pay for phone service in government leased quarters. Some quarters have digital lines with tone dialing. Others still have analog lines with pulse dialing. An average bill is less than $20, excluding long-distance or international calls. Several firms offer callback international dialing connections to the U.S. (about 50¢ per minute at this writing); calls can also be operator placed, and there is direct dialing from the Embassy and ... [Read More]
Macedonia
NameCountryInvestment Size(US$m)Stonebridge (various) Makedonski Telekom 346.5 [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Telephone service in Zagreb is good and reliable. The Croatian phone company (Hrvatski Telekom) is a foreign subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, and you should expect to pay higher user rates than you would in the States. Long-distance calls to the U.S. are expensive (two to three times higher than calls placed from the U.S.), and calls to continental Europe are very expensive. International operators can be accessed directly for AT&T, MCI, and SPRINT. Some Embassy personnel use international call-back services, which can reduce rates substantially. The Croatian Post Office (Hrvatska Pošta) offers an international telegram service which is both inexpensive and reliable. ... [Read More]
Austria
Sensitivity to the practice of Scientology in the country remains high. The Church of Scientology has reported problems in opening bank accounts, now resolved, and obtaining credit cards. Individual Scientologists have experienced discrimination in hiring. In June 2000, a singer who previously was affiliated with the Church of Scientology was harassed at his performances. Police fined the demonstrators and offered police protection to the singer. In October 1999, Austria Telekom transferred a computer specialist from a sensitive position in an emergency-phone-line coordination office to a comparable but nonsensitive position due to concerns over his access to sensitive information. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
A fairly good supply of books in English may be purchased at leading bookstores, but they are expensive. The facilities of Amerika Haus and the British Council Library are available to the Tri-Mission community. Children's English-language books are in short supply, and families should bring them from the U.S. or order them from the U.S. or British publishing firms. Many employees order reading material from on-line sources. Telephones and TelecommunicationsLast Updated: 12/5/2003 10:33 AM Telephone and telegraph service to all countries is available through the Austrian post at standard international rates. All U.S. Government-owned housing units have telephone service at the occup ... [Read More]
Austria
Privatization: In the ongoing privatization of public enterprises, foreign and domestic investors receive equal treatment, in principle. In line with its privatization initiative, the previous government sold 100% of its shares in the Postal Savings Bank, the Dorotheum Auction House and Bank, and the Print Media printing concern. It also divested its remaining 41.1% share of the Austrian Tobacco Company, a 17.4% stake in the Vienna airport company, and a majority of shares in Telekom Austria (TA). In 2003, the second Schuessel government sold its 34.7% stake in Voest-Alpine (VA) steel, a leading European steel producer, and its 25% shareholding in Boehler Uddeholm, an important tool and specialty steel manufacturer. In December 2004, the government sold another 17% in TA to national and international institutional investors. In January 2005, the government sold a 14.7% share in VA Tech, a metallurgy, power generation and infrastructure conglomerate, to Siemens. Siemens already held a 1 ... [Read More]
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