Kazakhstan Communications 2009, CIA World Factbook




Kazakhstan Communications 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/kazakhstan/kazakhstan_communications.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
3.237 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
12.588 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inherited an outdated telecommunications network from the Soviet era requiring modernization
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and subscriptions now exceed 80 per 100 persons
international: country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 60, FM 18, shortwave 9 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code:
.kz

Internet hosts:
36,417 (2008)

Internet users:
1.901 million (2006)

NOTE: The information regarding Kazakhstan on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakhstan Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakhstan Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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