Communications of Afghanistan
Telephones - main lines in use: | 280,000 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 1.4 million (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service; many Afghans utilize growing cellular phone coverage in major cities domestic: telephone service is improving with the licensing of several wireless telephone service providers in 2005 and 2006; approximately 4 in 100 Afghans own a wireless telephone; telephone main lines remain limited international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2006) |
Radios: | 167,000 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations: | at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006) |
Televisions: | 100,000 (1999) |
Internet country code: | .af |
Internet hosts: | 22 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 1 (2000) |
Internet users: | 30,000 (2005) |
Communications - note: | Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005) |