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Communications (Kyrgyzstan)

Telephones - main lines in use:	438,200 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	541,700 (2005)
Telephone system:	general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing; fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas domestic: 4 mobile cellular service providers with growing coverage international: country code - 996; 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, 1 Intelsat; connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2006)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 20, shortwave NA (2006)
Radios:	520,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	7 (1 countrywide and 6 regional stations) (2006)
Televisions:	210,000 (1997)
Internet country code:	.kg
Internet hosts:	18,928 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	NA
Internet users:	280,000 (2005)