Kazakhstan Telecommunications Profile 2013

Telephones - main lines in use

4.266 million (2011)

Telephones - mobile cellular

25.24 million (2011)

Telephone system

general assessment: inherited an outdated telecommunications network from the Soviet era requiring modernization
domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity now roughly 25 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage has increased rapidly and the subscriber base now exceeds 140 per 100 persons
international: country code - 7; 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 (2008)

Broadcast media

state owns nearly all radio and TV transmission facilities and operates national TV and radio networks; nearly all nationwide TV networks are wholly or partly owned by the government; some former state-owned media outlets have been privatized; households with satellite dishes have access to foreign media; a small number of commercial radio stations operating along with state-run radio stations; recent legislation requires all media outlets to register with the government and all TV poviders to broadcast in digital format by 2015 (2008)

Radio broadcast stations

AM 60, FM 18, shortwave 9 (2008)

Television broadcast stations

12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code

.kz

Internet hosts

67,464 (2012)

Internet users

5.299 million (2009)