Kyrgyzstan Communications 2008

Telephones - main lines in use:
440,400 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
541,700 (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing; fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas
domestic: 4 mobile cellular service providers with growing coverage
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, 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2006)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 20, shortwave NA (2006)

Television broadcast stations:
7 (1 countrywide and 6 regional stations) (2006)

Internet country code:
.kg

Internet hosts:
80,990 (2007)