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Tajikistan
Telecommunications
Television and radio broadcasting is the monopoly of the State
Television and Radio Broadcasting Company of Tajikistan, which
is controlled by the Ministry of Communications. In 1995 the radio
broadcasting system included thirteen AM stations and three FM
stations. Several frequencies offer relayed programming from Iran,
Russia, and Turkey. Although radio broadcasting is primarily in
Tajik, Russian and Uzbek programming also is offered. In 1988
broadcasting began in German, Kyrgyz, and Crimean Tatar as well.
In February 1994, the state broadcasting company came under the
direct control of head of state Imomali Rahmonov.
Television broadcasts first reached Tajikistan in 1959 from
Uzbekistan. Subsequently, Tajikistan established its own broadcasting
facilities in Dushanbe, under the direction of the government's
Tajikistan Television Administration. Color broadcasts use the
European SECAM system. Television programming is relayed from
stations in Iran, Russia, and Turkey. In mountainous villages,
television viewing is restricted by limited electrical supply
and retransmission facilities.
In 1994 Tajikistan's telephone system remained quite limited.
It included 259,600 main lines, an average of one line per twenty-two
people--the lowest ratio among former Soviet republics.
Data as of March 1996
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