Communications in Armenia
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Telephones - main lines in use: 733,112 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: Yes (900 000 subscribers (2006))
Mobile network operators: Armentel and Vivacell
Telephone system:Inadequate; 90% of system is privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion.
Domestic:The majority of subscribers and modern equipment are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular services).
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 other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Moscow international switch and by satellite. Satellite Earth stations - 1 Intelsat.
Radio Broadcast Stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 850,000 (1997)
Television Broadcast Stations: 23 (2006)
Televisions: 825,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 9 (2001)
Internet users: 0.15 million (2006)
Country code: AM
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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