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    Belarus Communications - 2006
    http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/belarus/belarus_communications.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Telephones - main lines in use:
      3,175,900 (2004)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:
      2,239,300 (2004)

      Telephone system:
      general assessment: Belarus lags behind its neighbors in upgrading telecommunications infrastructure; state-owned Beltelcom, is the sole provider of fixed line local and long distance service; modernization of the network to digital switching progressing slowly
      domestic: fixed line penetration is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved; two GSM wireless networks are experiencing rapid growth; strict government controls on telecommunications technologies
      international: country code - 375; Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); three fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations

      Radio broadcast stations:
      AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)

      Television broadcast stations:
      47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)

      Internet country code:
      .by

      Internet hosts:
      20,973 (2005)

      Internet users:
      1.6 million (2005)


      NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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