Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 2.51 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 53

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 21.6 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 75 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 56

Telephone system:
general assessment: digital exchanges in large cities and in rural areas
domestic: the state-owned telecommunications company, Uzbektelecom, owner of the fixed-line telecommunications system, has used loans from the Japanese government and the China Development Bank to upgrade fixed-line services including conversion to digital exchanges; mobile-cellular services are provided by 3 private and 1 state-owned operator with a total subscriber base of 19 million as of January 2014
international: country code - 998; linked by fiber-optic cable or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; the country also has a link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; Uzbekistan has supported the national fiber optic backbone project of Afghanistan since 2008 (2009)

Broadcast media:
government controls media; 14 state-owned broadcasters - 10 TV and 4 radio - provide service to virtually the entire country; about 20 privately owned TV stations, overseen by local officials, broadcast to local markets; privately owned TV stations are required to lease transmitters from the government-owned Republic TV and Radio Industry Corporation; in 2013, the government closed TV and radio broadcasters affiliated with the National Association of Electronic Mass Media of Uzbekistan, a government-sponsored NGO for private broadcast media

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 20, FM 24, shortwave 3 (2008)

Television - broadcast stations:
28 (includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent and approximately 20 stations in regional capitals) (2006)

Internet country code:
.uz

Internet hosts:
56,075 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 11.8 million
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percent of population: 40.6% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 41