Belarus Communications

Country Name: Republic of Belarus

Capital City: Minsk

Population: 10,293,011 (2006)

Population Growth: -0.06% (2006)

Currency: Rouble (BYR)

Languages: Belarusian, Russian

Area: 207,600 sq km

Inflation Rate: 9.5% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 1.6%

Domain extension: .by

COMMUNICATIONS OF BELARUS

Telephones - main lines in use:

3,284,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.098 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 28, FM 37, shortwave 11 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

47 (plus 27 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.by

Internet hosts:

33,641 (2006)

Internet users:

3,394,400 (2005)

International dialing code: