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Other pages in this profile of Belarus:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
3.368 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
5.96 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: Belarus lags behind its neighbors in upgrading telecommunications infrastructure; state-owned Beltelcom is the sole provider of fixed-line local and long distance service; fixed-line teledensity of 33 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of 58 per 100 persons; modernization of the network progressing with roughly two-thirds of switching equipment now digital domestic: fixed-line penetration is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved; 4 GSM wireless networks are experiencing rapid growth; strict government controls on telecommunications technologies international: country code - 375; Belarus is a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
.by |
Internet hosts |
20,685 (2007) |
Internet users |
5.478 million (2006) |
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Airports |
67 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 36 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 22 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 7 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 31 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 27 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 5,223 km; oil 2,321 km; refined products 1,686 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 5,512 km broad gauge: 5,497 km 1.520-m gauge (874 km electrified) standard gauge: 15 km 1.435 m (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 93,310 km paved: 81,180 km unpaved: 12,130 km (2004) |
Waterways |
2,500 km (use limited by location on perimeter of country and by shallowness) (2003) |
Ports and terminals |
Mazyr |
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