Kazakhstan Communications - 2005

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,081,900 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.027 million (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: service is poor; equipment antiquated
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
international: country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code:
.kz

Internet hosts:
21,984 (2004)