Azerbaijan: Communications

Communications Azerbaijan
Telephones - main lines in use:
 923,800 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 870,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
 general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
 AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
 175,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 2 (1997)
Televisions:
 170,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
 .az
Internet hosts:
 1,139 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 2 (2000)
Internet users:
 300,000 (2002)

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