Telephones - main lines in use 568,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 25,000 (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: system inadequate; now 90% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion
domestic: the majority of subscribers and the most modern equipment are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular service)
international: Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional international service is available by microwave radio relay and landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and through the Moscow international switch and by satellite to the rest of the world; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (2000)

Radio broadcast stations AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 850,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 3 (plus an unknown number of repeaters) (1998)

Televisions 825,000 (1997)

Internet country code .am

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 9 (2001)

Internet users 30,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Armenia on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Armenia Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Armenia Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.