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Telephones -
main lines in use | 438,200 (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 users | 280,000 (2005) | |
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