Telephones 342,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
domestic: principally microwave radio relay
international: 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

Radio broadcast stations 1 state-run radio broadcast station

Radios 825,000 (radio receiver systems with multiple speakers for program diffusion 748,000)

Television broadcast stations 1
note: receives Turkish broadcasts

Televisions 875,000

NOTE: The information regarding Kyrgyzstan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kyrgyzstan Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kyrgyzstan Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.