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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.254 million (2007)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.3 million (2007)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 15 main lines per 100 persons is low; mobile-cellular penetration is increasing and is currently about 50 telephones per 100 persons
domestic: fixed-line telephony and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecommunications monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with three providers in 2006; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
international: country code - 994; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2007)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television broadcast stations:
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2 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.az
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Internet hosts:
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6,995 (2008)
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Internet users:
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1.036 million (2007)
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