| Communications | Azerbaijan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.5 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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180 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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9.1 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,087 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: requires considerable expansion and modernization; fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecommunications monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with four providers in 2009
domestic: teledensity of 17 fixed lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has increased and is rapidly approaching 100 telephones per 100 persons; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Nakhchivan
international: country code - 994; the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic link transits Azerbaijan providing international connectivity to neighboring countries; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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1 state-run and 1 public television channel; 4 domestic commercial TV stations and about 15 regional TV stations; Turkish, Russian, and Iranian TV and radio broadcasts are available, especially in border regions; cable TV services are available in Baku; 1 state-run and 1 public radio network operating; a small number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting; local FM relays of Baku commercial stations are available in many localities; local relays of several international broadcasters had been available until late 2008 when their broadcasts were banned from FM frequencies (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 10, FM 11, shortwave 1 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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837,238 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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761,125 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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8,372,373 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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10 (2010) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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837,238 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.az |
Internet hosts:
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22,737 (2010) |
Internet users:
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2.42 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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290 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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