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Azerbaijan Communications 2008

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SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
1.189 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.324 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 15 main lines per 100 persons is low; mobile cellular penetration is increasing and is currently about 40 telephones per 100 persons
domestic: fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecoms monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with three providers in 2006; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
2 (1997)

Internet country code:
.az

Internet hosts:
3,067 (2007)

Internet users:
829,100 (2006)


NOTE: The information regarding Azerbaijan on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Azerbaijan Communications 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Azerbaijan Communications 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.



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