Telecommunications in Kazakhstan

This article provides an overview of the communications infrastructure of the country of Kazakhstan.

The information was taken from CIA World FactBook (March 20, 2008):[1]

Fixed line

The number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing, and teledensity is about 20 per 100 people. There are 5.928 million lines in use.

Mobile

Mobile-cellular usage is rapidly growing, with subscriptions now exceeding 50 per 100 people. There are 14,830,000 mobile cell phones.

Other

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 (2009);

Internet country code (Top level domain): KZ

See also

• Kazakhtelecom
• Kaznet
• Kazpost
• .kz

References

1. CIA World FactBook: Kazakhstan