| Communications | Kazakhstan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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4.011 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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259 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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19.768 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,274 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: inherited an outdated telecommunications network from the Soviet era requiring modernization
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity now roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing and the subscriber base now is roughly 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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state owns nearly all radio and TV transmission facilities and operates national TV and radio networks; nearly all nationwide TV networks are wholly or partly owned by the government; some former state-owned media outlets have been privatized and are controlled by the president's daughter, who heads the Khabar Agency that runs multiple TV and radio stations; a number of privately-owned TV stations; households with satellite dishes have access to foreign media; a small number of commercial radio stations operating along with state-run radio stations (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 60, FM 18, shortwave 9 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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258,707 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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862,355 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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1,724,709 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,293,532 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.kz |
Internet hosts:
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53,984 (2010) |
Internet users:
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5.299 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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342 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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