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Telephones - main lines in use: 923,800 (2002)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: 870,000 (2002)
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Telephone system: inadequate; requires considerable expansion and modernization; teledensity of 10 main lines per 100 persons is low (2002)
Domestic: the majority of telephones are in Baku and other industrial centers - about 700 villages still without public telephone service; 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; a satellite connection to Turkey enables Baku to reach about 200 additional countries, some of which are directly connected to Baku by satellite providers other than Turkey (1997)
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Radio broadcast stations:: AM 10, FM 17, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television broadcast stations:: 2 (1997)
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Internet country code: .az
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Internet hosts: 586 (2004)
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| Internet users: 300,000 (2002)
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