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Uzbekistan Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.717.100 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular : 320.800 (2003)

Telephone system: general assessment: antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization domestic: the domestic telephone system is being expanded and technologically improved. particularly in tashkent (toshkent) and samarqand. under contracts with prominent companies in industrialized countries; moreover. by 1998. six cellular networks had been placed in operation - four of the gsm type (global system for mobile communication). one d-amps type (digital advanced mobile phone system). and one amps type (advanced mobile phone system) international: country code - 998; linked by landline or microwave radio relay with cis member states and to other countries by leased connection via the moscow international gateway switch; after the completion of the uzbek link to the trans-asia-europe (tae) fiber-optic cable. uzbekistan will be independent of russian facilities for international communications; inmarsat also provides an international connection. albeit an expensive one; satellite earth stations - na (1998)

Radios : 10.8 million (1997)

Radio broadcast stations: am 20. fm 7. shortwave 10 (1998)

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Televisions: 6.4 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeaters that relay russian programs). 1 cable rebroadcaster in tashkent; approximately 20 stations in regional capitals (2003)

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Internet country code: .uz

Internet users : 492.000 (2003)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 42 (2000)