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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 41
4.011 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 46
19.768 million (2009)
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Inherited an outdated telecommunications network from the Soviet era requiring modernization Domestic Intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line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 now roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage has increased rapidly and the subscriber base now exceeds 100 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 (2008) Broadcast media
State owns nearly all radio and TV transmission facilities and operates national TV and radio networks; nearly all nationwide TV networks are wholly or partly owned by the government; some former state-owned media outlets have been privatized; households with satellite dishes have access to foreign media; a small number of commercial radio stations operating along with state-run radio stations; recent legislation requires all media outlets to register with the government and all TV poviders to broadcast in digital format by 2015 (2008) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 88
65,988 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 44
5.299 million (2009)
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