Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 440,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 100

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.6 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 135 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 101

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic links
domestic: fixed-line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas; multiple mobile-cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile-cellular subscribership was about 115 per 100 persons in 2011
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 - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2011)

Broadcast media:
state-run TV broadcaster operates 2 nationwide networks and 6 regional stations; roughly 20 private TV stations operating with most rebroadcasting other channels; state-run radio broadcaster operates 2 networks; about 20 private radio stations (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave 2 (2009)

Television - broadcast stations:
8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels (2007)

Internet country code:
.kg

Internet hosts:
115,573 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 24.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 113