| Communications | Uzbekistan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.864 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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67 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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20.952 million (2009) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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745 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: digital exchanges in large cities but still antiquated and inadequate in rural areas
domestic: the state-owned telecommunications company, Uzbektelecom, owner of the fixed line telecommunications system, has used loans from the Japanese government and the China Development Bank to upgrade fixed-line services including conversion to digital exchanges; mobile-cellular services are growing rapidly, with the subscriber base exceeding 16 million in 2009
international: country code - 998; linked by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; after the completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan plans to establish a fiber-optic connection to Afghanistan (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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government controls media; 8 state-owned broadcasters - 4 TV and 4 radio - provide service to virtually the entire country; about 20 privately-owned TV stations, overseen by local officials, broadcast to local markets; privately-owned TV stations are required to lease transmitters from the government-owned Republic TV and Radio Industry Corporation and are prohibited from broadcasting live; about 15 privately-owned radio broadcasters; programming content includes news updates, music, call-in talk shows, and other entertainment in a half-Russian, half-Uzbek format mandated for private radio (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 20, FM 24, shortwave 3 (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,406,430 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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1,172,025 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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9,376,200 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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28 (includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals) (2006) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,004,593 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.uz |
Internet hosts:
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47,718 (2010) |
Internet users:
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4.689 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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167 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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