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| Azerbaijan - Communications (Facts) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.189 million (2006) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
3.324 million (2006) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 14 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2005) |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
2 (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.az |
| Internet hosts: |
880 (2006) |
| Internet users: |
829,100 (2006) |
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