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Average cost of local call	0.01		[146th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	158		[50th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	10		[63rd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	277		[47th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	22		[61st of 73]
DVD region	5		[21st of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	79.71 per 1,000 people		[135th of 193]
Households with television > %	90.5 %		[40th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	720,000		[108th of 198]
Phone subscribers	68.33		[128th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 4, FM 6, shortwave 3
Radio receivers	10,800,000		[32nd of 188]
Radios	10,800,000		[35th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic the main line telecommunications system is dilapidated and telephone density is low; the state-owned telecommunications company, Uzbektelecom, is working on improving main line services; mobile services are growing swiftly, with the subscriber base more than doubling in 2007 to 5.8 million
Telephone system > International country code - 998; linked by landline or microwave radio relay with CIS member states and to other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gateway switch; after the completion of the Uzbek link to the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable, Uzbekistan will be independent of Russian facilities for international communications
Telephones > Main lines in use	1,793,000		[54th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	5,800,000		[66th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	28		[16th of 89]
Television receivers	6,400,000		[26th of 185]
Televisions	6,400,000		[28th of 215]

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