Debt - external:
$2.428 billion (31 December 2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$50 million from the US (2001)
Currency (code):
Currency code:
KGS
Exchange rates:
soms per US dollar - 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004), 43.648 (2003),
46.937 (2002), 48.378 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Kyrgyzstan
Telephones - main lines in use:
438,200 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
541,700 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: development of telecommunications
infrastructure is slow; fixed line penetration remains low and
concentrated in Bishkek
domestic: two wireless telephony service providers, but penetration
remains low
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
and 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe
(TAE) fiber-optic line