| Telephones - main lines in use: |
40.1 million (2005) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
120 million (2005) |
| Telephone system: |
general assessment: the telephone system is experiencing significant changes; there are more than 1,000 companies licensed to offer communication services; access to digital lines has improved, particularly in urban centers; Internet and e-mail services are improving; Russia has made progress toward building the telecommunications infrastructure necessary for a market economy; the estimated number of mobile subscribers jumped from fewer than 1 million in 1998 to 120 million in 2005; a large demand for main line service remains unsatisfied, but fixed-line operators continue to grow their services
domestic: cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Khabarovsk, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk; the telephone systems in 60 regional capitals have modern digital infrastructures; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density
international: country code - 7; Russia is connected internationally by 3 undersea fiber-optic cables; digital switches in several cities provide more than 50,000 lines for international calls; satellite earth stations provide access to Intelsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, and Orbita systems |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 323, FM 1,500 est., shortwave 62 (2004) |
| Radios: |
61.5 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
7,306 (1998) |
| Televisions: |
60.5 million (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.ru; note - Russia also has responsibility for a legacy domain ".su" that was allocated to the Soviet Union, and whose legal status and ownership are contested by the Russian Government, ICANN, and several Russian commercial entities |
| Internet hosts: |
1.98 million (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
300 (June 2000) |
| Internet users: |
23.7 million (2005) |
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