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: 4 (1998)
Televisions: 825,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 9 (2001) Country code: AM
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000. World Factbook 2004 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ...
Armenia is a country which was incorporated into Russian Empire in 1828 and the USSR in 1920.
Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the exclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Armenia is also a place in the State of Wisconsin (see Armenia, Wisconsin) and a township in the State of Pennsylvania (see Armenia Township, Pennsylvania).
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