Telephones - main lines in use 351,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular NA

Telephone system
general assessment: poorly developed; about 100,000 unsatisfied applications for household telephones
domestic: principally microwave radio relay; one cellular provider, probably limited to Bishkek region
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; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line

Radio broadcast stations AM 12 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 14, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios 520,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations NA (repeater stations throughout the country relay programs from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkey) (1997)

Televisions 210,000 (1997)

Internet country code .kg

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) NA

Internet users 51,600 (2001)

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