Telephones 1.458 million (1995 est.)

Telephone system poorly developed
domestic: NMT-450 analog cellular network established in Tashkent
international: linked by landline or microwave radio relay with CIS member states andto other countries by leased connection via the Moscow international gatewayswitch; new Intelsat links to Tokyo and Ankara give Uzbekistan internationalaccess independent of Russian facilities; satellite earth stations - NA Orbitaand NA Intelsat

Radio broadcast stations AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA; note - there is at least one state-ownedbroadcast station of NA type

Radios NA

Television broadcast stations 2 national, many local

Televisions NA

NOTE: The information regarding Uzbekistan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uzbekistan Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uzbekistan Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.