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Afghanistan - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 280,000 (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.52 million (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service; many Afghans utilize growing cellular phone coverage in major cities domestic: telephone service is improving with the licensing of several wireless telephone service providers in 2005 and 2006; approximately 4 in 100 Afghans own a wireless telephone; telephone main lines remain limited international: country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity (2006) Radio broadcast stations: AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (2006) Television broadcast stations: at least 7 (1 government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in 6 of the 34 provinces) (2006) Internet country code: .af Internet hosts: 22 (2006) Internet users: 535,000 (2006) Communications - note: Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public 'telekiosks' in Kabul (2005)