Telephone system: 1,458,000 telephones; 63 telephones/1,000 persons
(1995); poorly developed
local: NMT-450 analog cellular network established in Tashkent
intercity: NA
international: linked by landline or microwave with CIS member states
and by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch
to other countries; new INTELSAT links to Tokyo and Ankara give
Uzbekistan international access independent of Russian facilities;
Orbita and INTELSAT earth stations
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: NA
televisions: NA
@Uzbekistan:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Air and Air Defense, Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 5,567,580; males fit for military service 4,537,455; males reach military age (18) annually 222,506 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP
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VANUATU
@Vanuatu:Geography