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Uzbekistan Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.98 million (1999)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
26,000 (1998)
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Telephone system: |
general assessment:
antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization
domestic:
the domestic telephone system is being expanded and technologically improved, particularly in Tashkent and Samarqand, under contracts with prominent companies in industrialized countries; moreover, by 1998, six cellular networks had been placed in operation - four of the GSM type (Global System for Mobile Communication), one D-AMPS type (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System), and one AMPS type (Advanced Mobile Phone System)
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; after the completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan will be independent of Russian facilities for international communications; Inmarsat also provides an international connection, albeit an expensive one; satellite earth stations - NA (1998)
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)
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Radios: |
10.8 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations: |
4 (plus two repeaters that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)
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Televisions: |
6.4 million (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.uz
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
42 (2000)
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Internet users: |
7,500 (2000)
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