Telephones 2.2 million

Telephone system service is poor
domestic: landline and microwave radio relay
international: international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and through 8 international telecommunications circuits at the Moscow international gateway switch; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat and a new satellite earth station established at Almaty of unknown type

Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios 4.088 million (with multiple speakers for program diffusion 6.082 million)

Television broadcast stations 1 broadcast station; Orbita (TV receive only) earth station

Televisions 4.75 million

NOTE: The information regarding Kazakhstan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakhstan Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakhstan Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.