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Tabular Data - Communications in Afghanistan
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
33,100 (2002) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
12,000 (2002) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: very limited telephone and telegraph service
domestic: telephone service is improving with the establishment of two mobile phone operators by 2003; telephone main lines remain weak with only .1 line per 10 people
international: country code - 93; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) linked only to Iran and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); commercial satellite telephone center in Ghazni |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 7 (6 are inactive; the active station is in Kabul), FM 1, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashtu, Afghan Persian (Dari), Urdu, and English) (1999) |
| Radios : |
167,000 (1999) |
| Television Stations : |
at least 10 (one government-run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 32 provinces) |
| Televisions : |
100,000 (1999) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.af |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
1 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
1,000 (2002) |
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