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Encyclopedia > Communications in Uzbekistan

Telephones - main lines in use: 1.976 million (1999)


Telephones - mobile cellular: over 1 million (in the begining of 2006)


Internet - number of user: 700,000 (2005 June)



Telephone system: antiquated and inadequate; in serious need of modernization

  • domestic:

the domestic telephone system is being expanded and technologically improved, particularly in Tashkent and Samarqand, under contracts with prominent companies in industrialized countries; moreover, by 1998, six cellular networks had been placed in operation - four of the GSM type (Global System for Mobile Communication), one D-AMPS type (Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System), and one AMPS type (Advanced Mobile Phone System) Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташкент in Russian; its name translates from the Turkoman language to Stone City in English) is the current capital of Uzbekistan. ... Samarkand (Samarqand or Самарқанд in Uzbek) (population 400,000) is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan, capital of the Samarkand region (Samarqand Wiloyati). ...

  • international:

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; Inmarsat also provides an international connection, albeit an expensive one; satellite earth stations - NA (1998)


Radio broadcast stations: AM 20, FM 7, shortwave 10 (1998)


Radios: 10.2 million (1997)


Television broadcast stations: 4 (plus two repeater stations that relay Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tadzhik programs) (1997) Motto: (none) Anthem: My Kazakhstan Capital Astana Largest city Almaty Official language(s) Kazakh, Russian Government President Prime Minister Republic Nursultan Nazarbayev Daniyal Akhmetov Independence Declared From the Soviet Union December 16, 1991 Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   2,717,300 km² (9th) 1. ... Motto: none Anthem: National Anthem of the Kyrgyz Republic Capital Bishkek Largest city Bishkek Official language(s) Kyrgyz, Russian Government President Prime Minister Republic Kurmanbek Bakiyev Feliks Kulov {{{sovereignty_type}}}  - Declared  - Recognized  - Formerly From the Soviet Union 31 August 1991 December 1991 Kyrgyz SSR Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   198,500 km² (86th... National anthem Surudi milli Official language Tajiki-Persian Capital Dushanbe President Emomali Rahmonov Prime Minister Okil Okilov Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % water Ranked 92nd  143,100 km²  0. ...


Televisions: 6.4 million (1997)


Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 80+ (2005)


Country code (Top level domain): UZ

See also : Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan - definition of Uzbekistan in Encyclopedia (628 words)
Uzbekistan is a dry, double-landlocked country of which 10% consists of intensely cultivated, irrigated river valleys.
Uzbekistan was one of the poorest areas of the former Soviet Union with more than 60% of its population living in densely populated rural communities.
Uzbekistan is now the world's third largest cotton exporter, a major producer of gold and natural gas, and a regionally significant producer of chemicals and machinery.
Uzbekistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4178 words)
Territory of Uzbekistan was populated in the II millennium BC.
Uzbekistan had been one of the poorest republics of the Soviet Union; much of its population was engaged in cotton farming in small rural collective farms (kolkhozes).
Uzbekistan approved the U.S. Central Command's request for access to a vital military air base, Karshi-Khanabad Airbase, in southern Uzbekistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. After the Andijan riot and subsequent U.S. reaction, Uzbekistan demanded that the U.S. withdraw from the airbases.
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