Telephones - mobile cellular: 400,000 (2001)
Telephone system:
service is poor; equipment antiquated
domestic:
intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan
international:
international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay; with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios: 6.47 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Televisions: 3.88 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 (with their own international channels) 2001)
Internet users: 100,000 (2002)
Country code (Top-level domain): KZ