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Kyrgyzstan Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
351,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
NA
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Telephone system: |
general assessment:
poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
domestic:
principally microwave radio relay; one cellular provider, probably limited to Bishkek region
international:
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 and 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
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Television broadcast stations: |
NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)
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Televisions: |
210,000 (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.kg
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
NA
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Internet users: |
10,000 (2000)
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