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Telephones - main lines in use: 35.5 million (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular : 17.608.800 (2002)

Telephone system: general assessment: the telephone system underwent significant changes in the 1990s; there are more than 1.000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved. particularly in urban centers; internet and e-mail services are improving; russia has made progress toward building the telecommunications infrastructure necessary for a market economy; however. a large demand for main line service remains unsatisfied domestic: cross-country digital trunk lines run from saint petersburg to khabarovsk. and from moscow to novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services. both analog and digital. are available in many areas; in rural areas. the telephone services are still outdated. inadequate. and low density international: country code - 7; russia is connected internationally by three undersea fiber-optic cables; digital switches in several cities provide more than 50.000 lines for international calls; satellite earth stations provide access to intelsat. intersputnik. eutelsat. inmarsat. and orbita systems

Radios : 61.5 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations: am 323. fm 1.500 est.. shortwave 62 (2004)

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Televisions: 60.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 7.306 (1998)

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Internet country code: ".ru; russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain .su"" that was allocated to the soviet union. and whose legal status and ownership are contested by the russian government. icann. and several russian commercial entities"""

Internet users : 6 million (2002)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 300 (june 2000)