Telephones - main lines in use:
1.976 million (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
26,000 (1998)
Telephone system:
antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization
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)
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)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)
Radios:
10.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997)
Televisions:
6.4 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): UZ
- See also : Uzbekistan