Azerbaijan Communications 2008

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)