Tajikistan: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 457,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 8.489 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 104 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: foreign investment in the telephone system has resulted in major improvements; conversion of the existing fixed network from analogue to digital was completed in 2012 domestic: fixed line availability has not changed significantly since 1998, while mobile cellular subscribership, aided by competition among multiple operators, has expanded rapidly; coverage now extends to all major cities and towns international: country code - 992; linked by cable and microwave radio relay to other CIS republics and by leased connections to the Moscow international gateway switch; Dushanbe linked by Intelsat to international gateway switch in Ankara (Turkey); satellite earth stat (2016) |
Broadcast media | state-run TV broadcasters transmit nationally on 9 TV and 10 radio stations, and regionally on 4 stations; 31 independent TV and 20 radio stations broadcast locally and regionally; many households are able to receive Russian and other foreign stations via (2016) |
Internet country code | .tj |
Internet users | total: 1.555 million percent of population: 19% (July 2015 est.) |