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Kyrgyzstan - Communications (Facts)

Telephones - main lines in use: 440,400 (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 541,700 (2005) Telephone system: general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing; fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas domestic: 4 mobile cellular service providers with growing coverage international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2006) Radio broadcast stations: AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 20, shortwave NA (2006) Television broadcast stations: 7 (1 countrywide and 6 regional stations) (2006) Internet country code: .kg Internet hosts: 18,928 (2006) Internet users: 298,100 (2006)