Telecommunications in Azerbaijan

Telecommunications Republic of Azerbaijan
Landlines (2014):	1,820,000[1][2]
Mobile lines (2014):	11,000,000[1][2]
ccTLD:	.az
Calling code:	+994

Telecommunications in Azerbaijan is about television, radio, fixed and mobile telephones, and Internet in Azerbaijan.^[2][3]

Telephones

• Telephones - main lines in use: 1,820,000 (2014)^[1][2]

Country comparison to the world: 64^[1]

• Telephones - mobile cellular: 11,000,000 (2014)^[1][2]

Country comparison to the world: 75^[1]

Radio

As of 2014, Azerbaijan has 9 AM radio stations, 17 FM radio stations, and one shortwave radio station. There are also about 4,350,000 radios.^[3]

• Radio broadcast stations: 26 (2014)^[3]
  • Radio Respublika - FM 105.0 MHz
  • İctimai FM - FM 90 MHz
  • Naxçıvan Dövlət radiosu (Nakhchivan State Radio) - FM 103 MHz
  • Naxçıvanın səsi (Voice of Nakhchivan) - FM 103 MHz
  • ARAZ FM - FM 103.3 MHz
  • Antenn FM - FM 101 MHz
  • ANS ChM - FM 102 MHz
  • Avto FM - FM 107.7 MHz
  • Azad Azərbaycan FM - FM 106 MHz
  • Bürc FM - FM 100.5 MHz
  • Kəpəz FM - FM 90.3 MHz
  • Lider FM - FM 107 MHz
  • Media FM - FM 105.5 MHz
  • Space FM - FM 104 MHz
  • Xəzər FM - FM 103 MHz
• Radios: 175,000 (1997)

Television

Azerbaijan has a total of 47 television channels. Four of them are public and 43 are private. Twelve are national television channels and 31 are regional.^[3]

• Television broadcast stations: 43 (2014)^[3]
• Televisions: 170,000 (1997)

Internet

• Internet service providers (ISPs): 15 (2005) 29 (2009)
• Country code: AZE
• Internet TLD: .az
• Internet hosts: 46,856 (2011)^[1]

Country comparison to the world: 98^[1]

• Internet users: 2.200,000 (2014)^[1][2]

Country comparison to the world: 70^[1]

• Internet acess: 31.26% (2014)^[2]

Related pages

• Telecommunication
• Azerbaijan

Notes

1. "CIA World Factbook, 2014: Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
2. Azerbaijan - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts
3. Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies - Radio-TV yayımı (in Azerbaijani)

References

• CIA World Factbook

Further reading

• Sidorenko, Alexey: "The Internet in Azerbaijan" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 15
• Kazimova, Arifa: "Media in Azerbaijan: The Ruling Family Dominates TV, the Opposition Has Some Papers" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 25

Other websites

• Telecommunication Companies in Azerbaijan Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Azerbaijan Companies Archived 2009-12-07 at the Wayback Machine