Kazakstan Communications 1997

Telephones 2.2 million

Telephone system service is poor
domestic: landline and microwave radio relay
international: international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carriedby landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satelliteand through 8 international telecommunications circuits at the Moscow internationalgateway switch; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat and a new satelliteearth station established at Almaty of unknown type

Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios 4.088 million (with multiple speakers for program diffusion 6.082 million)

Television broadcast stations 1 broadcast station; Orbita (TV receive only) earth station

Televisions 4.75 million

NOTE: The information regarding Kazakstan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakstan Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakstan Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.