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Armenia Communications 2009
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SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Armenia Communications 2009
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK


Telephones - main lines in use:
603,900 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,185,400 (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications investments have made major inroads in modernizing and upgrading the outdated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; now 100% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion; mobile-cellular services monopoly terminated in late 2004 and a second provider began operations in mid-2005
domestic: reliable modern landline and mobile-cellular services are available across Yerevan in major cities and towns; significant but ever-shrinking gaps remain in mobile-cellular coverage in rural areas
international: country code - 374; 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 the other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, through the Moscow international switch, and by satellite to the rest of the world; satellite earth stations - 3 (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 9, FM 16, shortwave 1 (2006)

Television broadcast stations:
48 (private television stations alongside 2 public networks; major Russian channels widely available) (2006)

Internet country code:
.am

Internet hosts:
26,081 (2008)

Internet users:
172,800 (2006)


NOTE: The information regarding Armenia on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Armenia Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Armenia Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.






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