Uzbekistan
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Introduction - Uzbekistan: | Location - Uzbekistan: | People - Uzbekistan: | Government - Uzbekistan: | Economy - Uzbekistan: | Communications - Uzbekistan: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 1.793 million (2005) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 1.1 million (2005) | | Telephone system | general assessment: antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization
domestic: the main line telecommunications system is dilapidated; the state-owned telecom company, Uzbektelecom, is using a US$110 million loan from the Japanese government to improve main line services; mobile services are growing swiftly, with the subscriber base doubling in 2005 to 1.1 million; there are 6 main cellular providers currently in operation
international: country code - 998; linked by landline or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; after the completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan will be independent of Russian facilities for international communications (2006) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 3 (2006) | | Television broadcast stations | 8 (includes 1 cable rebroadcaster in Tashkent; approximately 20 stations in regional capitals) (2006) | | Internet country code | .uz | | Internet hosts | 9,058 (2006) | | Internet users | 1.7 million (2006) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |