|
Advertisements:
CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 198
13,500 (2011)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 49
17.558 million (2011)
Telephone system
General assessment
Limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks Domestic Aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve rapidly; 55% of Afghans have access to mobile-cellular telephone service, and 85% live in areas covered by one of Afghanistan's four largest mobile-cellular telephone service providers International Country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2009) Broadcast media
State-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 150 private radio stations, 50 TV stations, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available (2007) Internet country code
.af
Internet hosts World Ranking: 203
121 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 98
1 million (2009)
Communications - note
Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul (2005)
Comments
Add a new comment: |
Advertisement
Members area
Afghanistan (Kabul):
GPS points from Afghanistan (Kabul)
Kuh-e Ganj Ghowr
Dzadrano Kalay Paktia
Qal`eh Shir Badghis
Sezman Ghar Paktia
Gora Dzhagdara Wilayat-e Bamyan
Tora Caka Wilayat-e Kandahar
`ali Rig Wilayat-e Kandahar
Myakhel Paktia |