Telephones - main lines in use 1.92 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular 400,000 (2001)

Telephone system
general assessment: service is poor; equipment antiquated
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
international: international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

Radios 6.47 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

Televisions 3.88 million (1997)

Internet country code .kz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 10 (with their own international channels) (2001)

Internet users 85,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakhstan Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.