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Telephones - main lines in use:
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394,800 (2002)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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53,100 (2002)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
domestic: principally microwave radio relay; one cellular provider, probably limited to Bishkek region
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 and 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line
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Radios:
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520,000 (1997)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)
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Televisions:
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210,000 (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.kg
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Internet hosts:
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12,299 (2004)
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Internet users:
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152,000 (2002)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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NA
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