Communications in Kazakhstan
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.963 million (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
4,600 (1995)
Telephone system:
service is poor; equipment antiquated
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios:
6.47 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Televisions:
3.88 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
83 (Kazakhstan and Russia) (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): KZ
domestic:
intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
international:
international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat