Azerbaijan: Communications

Communications

Azerbaijan

Telephones - main lines in use:	865,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	800,000 (2002)
Telephone system:	general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002) domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan international: the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:	175,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	2 (1997)
Televisions:	170,000 (1997)
Internet country code:	.az
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	2 (2000)
Internet users:	25,000 (2002)