Telephone system:
general assessment: development of telecommunications
infrastructure is slow; fixed line penetration remains low and
concentrated in Bishkek
domestic: mobile cellular subscribership has risen sharply since
2000 reaching 541,700 in 2005 as three companies compete for the
rapidly expanding market; main line availability has been virtually
flat over the same timeframe; four major providers compete for
shares of the main line market
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
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
520,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
7 (2006)
Televisions:
210,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.kg
Internet hosts:
18,928 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Internet users:
280,000 (2005)
Transportation Kyrgyzstan