| Communications | Russia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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44.959 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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325 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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238 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,716 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 some 230 million in 2009; a large demand for fixed line service remains unsatisfied
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services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density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 (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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6 national TV stations with the federal government owning 1 and holding a controlling interest in a second; state-owned Gazprom maintains a controlling interest in a third national channel; government-affiliated Bank Rossiya owns controlling interest in a fourth and fifth, while the sixth national channel is owned by the Moscow city administration; roughly 3,300 national, regional, and local TV stations operating with over two-thirds completely or partially controlled by the federal or local governments; satellite TV services are available; 2 state-run national radio networks with a third majority-owned by Gazprom; roughly 2,400 public and commercial radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 323, FM about 1,500, shortwave 62 (2004) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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429,536 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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92,494 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,237,741 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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7,306 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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18,990 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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10.382 million (2010) |
Internet users:
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40.853 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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295 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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