Data Communication in Bulgaria - The Telecommunication Infrastructure and Relevant Administrative Procedures

In a small country with an open economy such as Bulgaria the potential role of transborder data flows is enormous. In what follows the present and future data communication infrastructure of Bulgaria will be described and the relevant administrative procedures outlined. Special emphasis will be given to the present transborder data flow applications of the country, which are characterized, in addition to the "classical" flow of data for civil aviation, information, news agencies' data, and meteorological data networks, by an emerging data base production and service industry