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Tabular Data - Communications in Belarus
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
3,071,300 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
1.118 million (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: the Ministry of Telecommunications controls all telecommunications through its carrier (a joint stock company) Beltelcom which is a monopoly
domestic: local - Minsk has a digital metropolitan network and a cellular NMT-450 network; waiting lists for telephones are long; local service outside Minsk is neglected and poor; intercity - Belarus has a partly developed fiber-optic backbone system presently serving at least 13 major cities (1998); Belarus' fiber optics form synchronous digital hierarchy rings through other countries' systems; an inadequate analog system remains operational
international: country code - 375; Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); three fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998) |
| Radios : |
30,200,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions : |
2.52 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.by |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
23 (2002) |
| Internet Users : |
1,391,900 (2003) |
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