Telephone system: 342,000 telephones (1991); 76 telephones/1,000
persons (December 1991); poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied
applications for household telephones
local: NA
intercity: principally by microwave radio relay
international: connections with other CIS countries by landline or
microwave and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow
international gateway switch and by satellite; 1 GORIZONT and 1
INTELSAT satellite link through Ankara to 200 other countries
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios: 825,000 (radio receiver systems with multiple speakers for
program diffusion 748,000)
Television:
broadcast stations: NA; note - receives Turkish broadcasts
televisions: 875,000
@Kyrgyzstan:Defense Forces
Branches: National Guard, Security Forces (internal and border troops), Civil Defense
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,154,683; males fit for military service 934,167; males reach military age (18) annually 44,526 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
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