| Communications | Russia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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43.9 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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314 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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170 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,214 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the telephone system is experiencing significant changes; there are more than 1,000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved, particularly in urban centers; Internet and e-mail services are improving; Russia has made progress toward building the telecommunications infrastructure necessary for a market economy; the estimated number of mobile subscribers jumped from fewer than 1 million in 1998 to 170 million in 2007; a large demand for main line service remains unsatisfied, but fixed-line operators continue to grow their services
domestic: cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Khabarovsk, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density
international: country code - 7; Russia is connected internationally by undersea fiber optic cables; digital switches in several cities provide more than 50,000 lines for international calls; satellite earth stations provide access to Intelsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Orbita systems |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62 (2004) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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433,565 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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93,361 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,258,730 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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7,306 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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19,168 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union and is being phased out |
Internet hosts:
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4.822 million (2008) |
Internet users:
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30 million (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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215 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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