Kazakhstan Telecommunications Profile 2003

Telephones - main lines in use

1.92 million (2001)

Telephones - mobile cellular

400,000 (2001)

Telephone system

general assessment: service is poor; equipment antiquated
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
international: international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations

AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

Television broadcast stations

12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code

.kz

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

10 (with their own international channels) (2001)

Internet users

100,000 (2002)