| Communications | Azerbaijan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.254 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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153 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.3 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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522 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 15 main lines per 100 persons is low; mobile-cellular penetration is increasing and is currently about 50 telephones per 100 persons
domestic: 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 three providers in 2006; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
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 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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823,868 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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484,628 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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8,238,672 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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4,119,336 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.az |
Internet hosts:
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6,995 (2008) |
Internet users:
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1.036 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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126 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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