Communications of Kyrgyzstan
Telephones - main lines in use: | 440,400 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 541,700 (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing; fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas domestic: 4 mobile cellular service providers with growing coverage international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 20, shortwave NA (2006) |
Radios: | 520,000 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 7 (1 countrywide and 6 regional stations) (2006) |
Televisions: | 210,000 (1997) |
Internet country code: | .kg |
Internet hosts: | 18,928 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | NA |
Internet users: | 280,000 (2005) |