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Telephones - main lines in use
156,000 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular
557,200 (2005)
Telephone system
general assessment: network is improving with international direct dialing available in many areas
domestic: very low density of about 6 main lines per 100 persons (roughly 25 per 100 persons including cellular mobile phones); there are 3 wireless providers
international: country code - 976; satellite earth stations - 7
Radio broadcast stations
AM 7, FM 115 (includes 20 National radio broadcaster repeaters), shortwave 4 (2006)
Television broadcast stations
456 (including provincial and low-power repeaters) (2006)
Internet country code
.mn
Internet hosts
298 (2007)
Internet users
268,300 (2005)
Airports
44 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 31
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Heliports
1 (2007)
Railways
total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)
Roadways
total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Waterways
580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)
Merchant marine
total: 73 ships (1000 GRT or over) 448,252 GRT/668,689 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 12, cargo 52, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 5
foreign-owned: 62 (Bulgaria 2, China 3, Hong Kong 1, Japan 1, Lebanon 1, Malaysia 1, Russia 17, Singapore 12, Syria 1, Thailand 1, Ukraine 3, UAE 5, Vietnam 14) (2007)


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