Page last updated on January 28, 2014

Telephones - main lines in use:
489,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.8 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is being upgraded; loans from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being used to install a digital network, digital radio-relay stations, and fiber-optic links
domestic: fixed-line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas; multiple mobile-cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile-cellular subscribership was about 115 per 100 persons in 2011
international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2011)

Broadcast media:
state-run TV broadcaster operates 2 nationwide networks and 6 regional stations; roughly 20 private TV stations operating with most rebroadcasting other channels; state-run radio broadcaster operates 2 networks; about 20 private radio stations (2007)

Internet country code:
.kg

Internet hosts:
115,573 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
2.195 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]