Internet in Bulgaria

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The Internet in

network news, and some other Internet services were available earlier, during the period from 1989 to 1991. The .bg top-level domain name was organized in 1991.[1]
Internet speeds and connection reliability in the capital, Sofia, are consistently ranked among the fastest in the world by several independent studies.

Facts and figures

Access technologies

Local area networks (LANs)

VoIP, and Video on demand (VOD). The major ISPs have networks in the following cities: Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Varna, Veliko Tarnovo, Lovech, Ruse and Blagoevgrad.[citation needed
]

Digital subscriber lines (DSL)

Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology was introduced in Bulgaria after the privatisation of the state monopoly Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) in 2004. Since then, availability has greatly increased and as of February 2006 it was offered in 140 towns and villages around the country. With the liberalisation of the telecommunications market, it is expected that other companies currently offering broadband Internet by other means will begin offering ADSL. At the end of 2006 the service was available to customers in 208 towns and villages.[citation needed
]

Internet censorship and surveillance

There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet or reports that the government monitors

chat rooms without appropriate legal authority.[9]

The law provides for

anti-Semitic groups. Web site administrators were deleting anti-Semitic comments under online media articles, but gradually stopped the practice.[9]

The constitution and law prohibit arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence, and the government generally respects these provisions in practice. The security services can access electronic data with judicial permission when investigating cyber and serious crimes. However, NGOs criticise gaps in the law that allow the prosecution service to request such data directly from the service providers without court authorisation. There are no reports that the government attempts to collect

personally identifiable information in connection with a person's peaceful expression of political, religious, or ideological opinions or beliefs.[9]

Web browsers

As of 2024, most used web browsers according to Statcounter were:

Web browser Market share Reference
Chrome 75% [10]
Safari 10% [10]
Firefox 5.1% [10]
Samsung Internet 3.2% [10]
Edge 3.1% [10]
Opera 1.4% [10]
Android 0.56% [10]
Instabridge 0.13% [10]
Yandex Browser 0.08% [10]
other 0.17% [10]

As of 2024, most used web browsers according to Cloudflare were:

Web browser Market share Reference
Chrome 73% [11]
Safari 9.7% [11]
Firefox 5.3% [11]
Edge 4.1% [11]
Samsung Internet 3.5% [11]
Opera 1.5% [11]
Huawei Browser 1.0% [11]
Brave 0.88% [11]
Yandex Browser 0.16% [11]
Mi Browser 0.13% [11]
DuckDuckGo Private Browser 0.09% [11]
Avast Secure Browser 0.08% [11]

See also

References

  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2025 ed.).
    CIA. (Archived 2014 edition.)
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State.
  1. ^ "History", Digital Systems. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Communications: Bulgaria", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013
  4. ^ "Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012", International Telecommunication Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013
  5. ^ "Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" Archived 2019-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" Archived 2019-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
  7. ^ Select Formats Archived 2009-05-13 at archive.today, Country IP Blocks. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Site is said to be updated daily.
  8. ^ Population, The World Factbook, United States Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b c "Bulgaria", Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 22 March 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Browser Market Share Bulgaria". statcounter.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Browser Market Share Report for 2024 Q4". cloudflare.com. Cloudflare, Inc. January 21, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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