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Tabular Data - Communications in Azerbaijan
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
923,800 (2002) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
870,000 (2002) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998) |
| Radios : |
175,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
2 (1997) |
| Televisions : |
170,000 (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.az |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
2 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
300,000 (2002) |
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