Short facts about communications in Azerbaijan

Telephones - main lines in use:

663,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

40,000 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 8.6 main lines per 100 persons is very low domestic:  the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still do not have 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:

8,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook