Slovenia
Infrastructure
Electric Power
The nuclear power station at Krško - on Slovenia's side of the border, but half-owned by Croatia - produces 39% of the electricity used in Slovenia. It benefits from advanced safety applications developed under the Euratom framework programme, and has not been the focus of any safety concerns.
Road
Slovenia has a well-developed road network, and ambitious plans are underway for extension of the motorway system. The National Programme of Motorway Construction envisages the construction of the missing motorways in two directions: east - west from Sentilj to Koper with branches to the Italian border in the length of 406 km, and north - south from the Karavanke tunnel on the Austrian border to Obre'je on the Croatian border in the length of 113 km.
Rail
Upgrading Slovenia's rail links will command an additional $2.5 billion by the year 2005, with priority given to the five (east west) and ten (northwest-southeast) corridors. The extensive rail system links the Slovenian port of Koper, one of the largest in the region, to all neighbouring countries; construction of a direct railroad from Koper to Hungary is in the planning stages.
Air transport
Air traffic is conducted from three international airports (Ljubljana, Maribor and Portoro'). Adria Airways is the national air carrier; Ljubljana is regularly connected with all major European airports.
Ports
The port of Koper serves as the principle port for Austrian and Hungarian exporters and as an essential port for Czech, German, and Slovak exporters. The port has 20 berths on 2,284 meters of operative quays, 55 hectares of open storage, and over 250,000 square meters of closed warehouses and numerous specialised warehouses.
Telecommunications
Even after the liberalisation of the Slovene telecommunications market, Telekom Slovenije (still state-owned, 63% of the shares) has retained the leading role on both fixed public services and leased line segments. The major activities that allow the company to keep this role are additional investments in the upgrading of access network, increased capacities of backbone network and the introduction of new services.
In 2002, there were 10 VoIP providers on the Slovene market of international telephone traffic, mainly terminating foreign traffic in Telekom Slovenije's network.
In the area of mass broadband access Telekom Slovenije's offers ADSL services and Internet access via cable distribution systems.
Mobile Communications
Currently in Slovenia there are three mobile operators - Mobiltel (GSM, 900 MHz), Simobile (GSM 900& 1800 MHz) and Vega (GSM, 1800 MHZ).
Internet penetration in Slovenia is about 41% of the population, as of September 2003, far ahead form other Central and Eastern European countries. It also has the highest concentration in Europe of Internet connection per inhabitant or per server.