Telephones 1.458 million (1995 est.)

Telephone system poorly developed
domestic: NMT-450 analog cellular network established in Tashkent
international: linked by landline or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; new Intelsat links to Tokyo and Ankara give Uzbekistan international access independent of Russian facilities; satellite earth stations - NA Orbita and NA Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA; note - there is at least one state-owned broadcast station of NA type

Radios NA

Television broadcast stations 2 national, over 30 local

Televisions NA

NOTE: The information regarding Uzbekistan 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 Uzbekistan Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uzbekistan Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.