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Communications In RussiaTelephones - main lines in use: 25.019 million (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 30 million (2003) Telephone system: The telephone system has undergone significant changes in the 1990s; 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.
domestic: cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok, 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services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas; in rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density.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: Russia is connected internationally by three 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. Radio broadcast stations: AM 420, FM 447, shortwave 56 (1998) Radios: 61.5 million (1997) Television broadcast stations: 7,349 (1996) Televisions: 60.5 million (1997) Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 83 (Russia and Kazakhstan) (1999) Country code (Top level domain): RU (Also SU - left from Soviet Union) - See also : Russia
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