Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
has a downturn in the development of telecommunications when compared to the rest of the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
.
However, it is increasing rapidly with each year, and it has one of the most advanced telecoms sectors in Central Asia.
The largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan is
Kazakhtelecom
Kazakhtelecom JSC ( kk, Қазақтелеком, ''Qazaqtelekom''; russian: Казахтелеком) is the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan.
Shareholders
* 51.00% - AO Samruk-Kazyna JSC - fund of national wealth
* 16.90% - Bo ...
.
Fixed line
The number of
fixed-line connections is gradually increasing, and
teledensity is about 20 per 100 people. There are 5.928 million lines in use.
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Mobile Usage
Mobile-cellular usage is rapidly growing, with subscriptions now exceeding 50 per 100 people. There are 14,830,000 mobile cell phones.
Internet Usage
In 2019, there were 15.16 million internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
users in Kazakhstan.
Other
Radio broadcast stations: AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)
Radios: 6.47 million (1997); 12 million (2009);
Television broadcast stations: 12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998); 149 (2009);
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 10 (with their own international channels) (2001); 22 (2009);
Internet hosts: 33,217 (2007); 80,000 (2009);
Internet users: 100,000 (2002); 400,000 (2005); 1,247,000 (2006); 3,130,000 (2008); 4,700,00
(2009);
Internet country code (Top level domain): .kz, KZ
See also
*Kazakhtelecom
Kazakhtelecom JSC ( kk, Қазақтелеком, ''Qazaqtelekom''; russian: Казахтелеком) is the largest telecommunication company in Kazakhstan.
Shareholders
* 51.00% - AO Samruk-Kazyna JSC - fund of national wealth
* 16.90% - Bo ...
*Kaznet The Internet in Kazakhstan (ccTLD: .kz) is growing rapidly. Between 2001 and 2005, the number of Internet users increased from 200,000 to 1 million. By 2007, Kazakhstan reported Internet penetration levels of 8.5 percent, rising to 12.4 percent in 2 ...
*Kazpost
Kazpost (russian: Акционерное общество «Казпочта», kk, “Qazpošta” Aktsionerlik Qoğamy, «Қазпошта» акционерлік қоғамы) is the national postal service of Kazakhstan.
History
Indepen ...
*.kz
.kz is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Kazakhstan.
Registrations can be made directly at the second level or at the third level beneath categories which have specific restrictions, and are generally limited to Kazakhstan-r ...
References
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Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...