Short facts about communications in Armenia

Telephones - main lines in use:

568,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

6,220 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  system inadequate; now 90% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion domestic:  the majority of subscribers and the most modern equipment are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular service) international:  Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic cable through Iran; additional international service is available by microwave radio relay and landline connections to the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and through the Moscow international switch and by satellite to the rest of the world; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

850,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (1998)

Televisions:

825,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.am

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (1999)

Internet users:

30,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook