Communications in Armenia
Telephones - main lines in use: 583,000 (1995)Telephones - mobile cellular: yes
Telephone system:
system inadequate; now 90% privately owned and undergoing modernization and expansion
domestic:
the majority of subscribers and the most modern equipment are in Yerevan (this includes paging and mobile cellular service)
international:
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 - 1 Intelsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 850,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (1998)
Televisions: 825,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 9 (2001)
Country code: AM
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
