Communications in Kazakhstan
Encyclopedia
This article provides an overview of the communications infrastructure of the country of Kazakhstan
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The information was taken from CIA World FactBook
(March 20, 2008) :
Telephones - main lines in use:
5.928 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
14,830,000 (2009)
Country phone code: +7
Telephone system:
domestic:
intercity by landline, microwave radio relay and satellite communication (KazSat
); number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and subscriptions now exceed 50 per 100 persons
international:
international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
, KazSat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios:
6.47 million (1997); 12 million (2009);
Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998); 149 (2009);
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (with their own international channels) (2001); 22 (2009);
Internet hosts:
33,217 (2007);
80,000 (2009);
Internet users:
100,000 (2002);
400,000 (2005);
1,247,000 (2006);
3,130,000 (2008);
4,700,000 http://www.bit.prime-tass.ru/news/show.asp?id=69452&ct=news (2009);
Internet country code (Top level domain): KZ
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
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The information was taken from CIA World FactBook
The World Factbook
The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...
(March 20, 2008) :
Telephones - main lines in use:
5.928 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
14,830,000 (2009)
Country phone code: +7
Telephone system:
domestic:
intercity by landline, microwave radio relay and satellite communication (KazSat
KazSat
KazSat 1 , the first Kazakh space satellite, was launched on June 18, 2006 by Proton-K rocket . It contains 12 Ku-band transponders . It is a communications satellite occupying geosynchronous orbit approximately 36 000 km above the Earth...
); number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and subscriptions now exceed 50 per 100 persons
international:
international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...
, KazSat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios:
6.47 million (1997); 12 million (2009);
Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998); 149 (2009);
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
10 (with their own international channels) (2001); 22 (2009);
Internet hosts:
33,217 (2007);
80,000 (2009);
Internet users:
100,000 (2002);
400,000 (2005);
1,247,000 (2006);
3,130,000 (2008);
4,700,000 http://www.bit.prime-tass.ru/news/show.asp?id=69452&ct=news (2009);
Internet country code (Top level domain): KZ
.kz
.kz is the Internet country code top-level domain for Kazakhstan.Registrations can be made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath categories which have specific restrictions, and are generally limited to Kazakhstan-related entities.- Second-level domains :* .com.kz -...