Communications in Afghanistan: Difference between revisions

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'''[[Telephone|Telephones]] - main lines in use''': 2933,000100 (19982002)

'''Telephones - mobile cellular''': NA15,000 (2002)

'''Telephone Country Code''': +93

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'''Telephone system''':<br>

*''general assessment'': very limited telephone and telegraph service

*''domestic:'' telephone service improving with the establishment of two mobile phone operators by [[2003]]; telephone main lines remain weak with only 0.1 line per 10 people

*''domestic'': in [[1997]], telecommunications links were established between [[Mazare Sharif|Mazar-e Sharif]], [[Herat]], [[Kandahar]], [[Jalalabad, Afghanistan|Jalalabad]], and [[Kabul]] through [[satellite]] and microwave systems

*''international:'': satellitefive earthVSAT's stationsinstalled - 1in [[IntelsatKabul]], ([[Indian OceanHerat]]) linked only to, [[IranMazar-e-Sharif]] and 1, [[IntersputnikKandahar]], and ([[Atlantic OceanJalalabad]] region);provide commercialinternational satelliteand telephonedomestic centervoice inand data connectivity [[Ghazni]].

'''[[Radio]] broadcast stations''': AM 7M (6 are inactive; the active station is in [[Kabul]])21, FM 123, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in [[Pushtu language|PushtuPashtu]], [[Afghan Persian[[ (Dari]]), [[Urdu language|Urdu]], and [[English language|English]][[) (19992003)

'''[[Television]] broadcast stations''': at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in [[Mazar-e Sharif]] reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)

'''Radios''': 167,000 (1999)

'''[[Television]] broadcast stations''': at least 10 (one government run central television station in Kabul and regional stations in nine of the 30 provinces; the regional stations operate on a reduced schedule; also, in 1997, there was a station in Mazar-e Sharif reaching four northern Afghanistan provinces) (1998)

'''Televisions''': 100,000 (1999)

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'''Internet country code''': .af

'''[[Internet Service Providers]] (ISPs)''': in March 2003 'af' was established as Afghanistan's ___domain name; Internet access is growing through Internet cafes as well as public "telekiosks" in Kabul that are part of a nationwide network proposed by the Transitional Authority for Internet access (2002)

'''[[Internet Service Providers]] (ISPs)''': 1 (2000)

'''Internet users''': NA1000

'''[[Country codes|Country code]]''': AF

==References==

{{CIA_WFB_2003CIA_WFB_2005}}

==External links==

* [http://topics.developmentgateway.org/afghanistan/rc/ItemDetail.do~1003046 Afghanistan Telecom Sector Summary]