Television
There are four main TV channels in Croatia - HRT 1 & 2 (which are state-owned), Nova and RTL Televizija. A number of local television stations also operate throughout the country.

You will find a wealth of American and British programming on these TV channels - programs are normally shown with Croatian subtitles rather than Croatian dubbed over the proper audio, so you still might be able to catch your favourite show from back home! Unfortunately, reality TV has also hit the country in recent years - don't be surprised to find Croatian versions of Big Brother or Pop Idol when tuning in. Soap operas from Latin American countries also tend to be very popular.

If staying in a hotel, you will find that most provide at least basic satellite channels - CNN, BBC World and similar.

Internet & Wi-Fi
Internet access is widely available in Croatia and broadband services are now very commonplace. Something that passes for an Internet cafe can be found pretty much anywhere - even if this consists of a PC in the corner of a bar. Usage tends to be pretty cheap!

Wi-fi in Croatia isn't perhaps as widespread as other major countries, although is certainly on the increase. Some towns (or parts of towns) are even setting up their own free-to-use hotspots. More and more accommodation places (particularly private accommodation) are recognising the demand for wi-fi and many offer the service (either free or paid) to their guests. You wil also find wi-fi in other typical places - bars, cafes and so on.

Here's a decent list of wi-fi hotspots in Croatia (scroll down for the list - the article is in Croatian, although the listing should still make sense).

These days, many people travel with smartphones, tablets and the like so it's pretty easy to search for open wi-fi networks and connect to open ones when and where you can.

Post
Hrvatska Posta runs the postal service. Post offices can be found in almost all villages, towns and cities. The post service in Croatia isn't actually too bad! If you want to send something back home, ask for marke (stamps). The company issues special edition stamps relatively frequently, so look out for those if you're after something a little fancier.

In keeping with the main colour of Hrvatska Posta, postboxes in the country are yellow and are usually affixes to walls rather than being freestanding affairs (as in the UK).

Telephone
Payphones appear pretty much everywhere. Buy a telephone card from a newspaper kiosk for easy use - these come in various denominations.

The country access code for calling Croatia is 385.

Mobile Phones
Mobile phones are very common and popular in Croatia - you'll often see locals with their mobile glued to their ear. A mobile phone in Croatia is called a "mobitel".

The three mobile phone networks in Croatia are
T-Mobile, VIP and Tele2. If bringing your handset from home, you will find it will hook up automatically to one of these. You also might find Tomato and BonBon, although both of these are owned by one of the main mobile companies, and not really separate networks in their own right.

If you think you'll be using your mobile phone a reasonable amount to either make phone calls within Croatia, or text and call home, you should consider purchasing a pre-paid SIM card. The three mobile network operators all have details of these on the websites (see above) and you can buy SIMs at some news kiosks and other stores.

It's not so much of a concern these days what with all these ultra-modern phones, but if you have a slightly older phone make sure it works on the 900 or 1800 MHz GSM frequencies that are utilised in Croatia. (Travellers from Europe shouldn't have any problems, but travellers from further abroad, particularly North America, may need to double-check). Make sure also that, if necessary, you call your home mobile phone operator before travelling, to make sure that roaming is enabled. At the same time, you'll probably want to switch off data roaming if you have a smartphone, so you don't rack up crazy data charges!