Telephones - main lines in use: 2.5 million (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,758,900 (2004)
Telephone system: general assessment: service is poor; equipment antiquated domestic: intercity by landline and
microwave radio relay; mobile cellular systems are available in most of Kazakhstan international: country code - 7;
international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with
other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations -2 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)
Internet country code: .kz
Internet hosts: 20,327 (2005)
Internet users: 400,000 (2005)