Communications in Kazakhstan (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**1.92 million (2001)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**400,000 (2001)

**Telephone system:**service is poor; equipment antiquated
_domestic:_intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
_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

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

**Radios:**6.47 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

**Televisions:**3.88 million (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**10 (with their own international channels) 2001)

**Internet users:**100,000 (2002)

Country code (Top-level domain): KZ

See also : Kazakhstan