KGS

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$41.99 million (2005)

Currency (code):

som (KGS)

Currency code:

Exchange rates:

soms (KGS) per US dollar - 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004), 43.648 (2003)

Communications
Kyrgyzstan

Telephones - main lines in use:

482,100 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.152 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is growing; fixed line penetration remains low and concentrated in urban areas domestic: multiple mobile cellular service providers with growing coverage; mobile cellular subscribership reached 40 per 100 persons in 2007 international: country code - 996; connections with other CIS countries by landline or microwave radio relay and with other countries by leased connections with Moscow international gateway switch and by satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intersputnik, 1 Intelsat); connected internationally by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3 (plus 10 repeater stations), FM 23, shortwave NA (2007)

Radios:

520,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

8 (2 countrywide and 6 regional stations; state-owned); note - there are about 20 private TV stations, most of which rebroadcast other channels (2007)

Televisions:

210,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.kg

Internet hosts:

56,905 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):