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Other pages in this profile of Armenia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
594,400 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
318,000 (2005) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: system inadequate; an outdated telecommunications network inherited from the Soviet era; now 90% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion; mobile-cellular services monopoly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: the majority of subscribers and the most modern equipment, including paging and mobile-cellular services, are in Yerevan 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 and 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 |
8,270 (2007) |
Internet users |
172,800 (2006) |
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Airports |
12 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 10 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 2,002 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 839 km broad gauge: 839 km 1.520-m gauge (828 km electrified) note: some lines are out of service (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 7,633 km paved: 7,633 km (includes 1,561 km of expressways) (2003) |
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