| Communications | Kyrgyzstan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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502,200 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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90 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.9 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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877 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic links
domestic: fixed-line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas; multiple mobile-cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile-cellular subscribership exceeded 80 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line |
Broadcast media:
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state-run television broadcaster operates 2 nationwide networks and 6 regional stations; roughly 20 private TV stations operating with most rebroadcasting other channels; state-run radio broadcaster operates 2 networks; about 20 private radio stations operating (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave 2 (2009) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,862,481 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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242,933 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,793,722 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels (2007) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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698,431 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.kg |
Internet hosts:
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97,976 (2010) |
Internet users:
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2.195 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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393 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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