Kyrgyzstan: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 408,037 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 7.579 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 134 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic links domestic: fixed-line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas; multiple mobile-cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile-cellular subscribership up to about 130 per 100 persons in 2015 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 - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsa (2015) |
| Broadcast media | state-run TV broadcaster operates 2 nationwide networks and 6 regional stations; roughly 20 private TV stations operating with most rebroadcasting other channels; state-run radio broadcaster operates 2 networks; about 20 private radio stations (2007) |
| Internet country code | .kg |
| Internet users | total: 1.713 million percent of population: 30.2% (July 2015 est.) |