Communications in Kazakhstan
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This article provides an overview of the communications infrastructure of the country of Kazakhstan.
The information was taken from CIA World FactBook (March 20, 2008) [1]:
Telephones - main lines in use: 2.928 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 7,830,000 (2006)
Telephone system:
domestic: intercity by landline, microwave radio relay and satellite communication (KazSat); 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 50 per 100 persons
international: international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat, KazSat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios: 6.47 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 (with their own international channels) (2001)
Internet hosts: 33,217 (2007)
Internet users: 100,000 (2002); 400,000 (2005); 1,247,000 (2006)
Internet country code (Top level domain): KZ
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