Statistical Yearbook 2006 ______

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

TELECOMMUNICATION Document INF/018-E DEVELOPMENT BUREAU 4 October 2006 Original: English only

5TH WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION/ICT INDICATORS MEETING, GENEVA, 11-13 OCTOBER 2006

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SOURCE: MCIT, Azerbaijan TITLE: Communication of Azerbaijan – Statistical Yearbook 2006 ______

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COMMUNICATION OF AZERBAIJAN

1.1 Main macro indicators of communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Value added (at current prices), million manats 113.8 103.0 123.2 151.2 198.5 269.8 Gross operating surplus (at current prices), million manats 91.0 82.4 92.2 103.2 120.3 163.5 Net operating surplus (at current prices), million manats 68.3 61.8 68.1 78.6 86.4 117.4 Average annual number of workers, persons 20 693 16 983 16 339 17 095 17 912 19 982 Average monthly nominal wages, manat 84.6 94.5 107.2 123.8 157.5 181.1 Fixed assets (end of the year), million manats 415.0 488.4 639.3 649.5 859.2 1 200 Investment in fixed capitals, million manats 45.4 72.9 49.5 56.8 103.1 153.0

Share of communication in economics of country, in percent

Value added 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.3

Gross operating surplus 2.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Net operating surplus 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8

Average annual number of workers 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5

Average monthly nominal wages *) 190.8 181.7 170.0 159.9 162.9 146.5

Fixed assets 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.5

Investment in fixed capitals 4.7 6.2 2.4 1.5 2.1 2.7

*) comparisons average wages of country, in percent;

1.2 Income from communication services (at real prices), thousand manats

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 4 901 24 442 50 701 93 031 128 857 122 501 mail 358 1 402 1 999 4 059 4 480 4 318 telegraph 177 772 1 523 1 415 1 145 747 trunk telephone 2 357 14 663 32 636 46 639 62 214 47 534 urban and rural telephone 1 563 6 046 10 476 12 104 13 622 15 074 mobile telephone … … … 23 917 41 089 45 640 line radio 27 82 120 120 84 77 special and courier communication 54 227 248 410 322 675 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 357 1 047 3 093 3 423 4 436 4 480 control and protection of radio frequencu 8 203 599 627 955 877 internet - - - 99 329 1 339 other services … … 7 218 181 1 741

1.21 Structure of communication services , in %

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 mail 7.3 5.7 3.9 4.4 3.5 3.5 telegraph 3.6 3.2 3.0 1.5 0.9 0.6 trunk telephone 48.1 60.1 64.4 50.2 48.3 38.8 urban and rural telephone 31.9 24.7 20.7 13.0 10.6 12.3 mobile telephone … ...... 25.7 31.9 37.3 line radio 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 special and courier communication 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.6 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 7.3 4.3 6.1 3.7 3.4 3.7 control and protection of radio frequencu 0.2 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 internet - - - 0.1 0.3 1.1 other services - - 0.0 0.2 0.1 1.4

1.2 Income from communication services (at real prices), thousand manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 153 955 170 913 200 193 246 286 333 917 461 113 mail 4 974 4 394 5 749 7 007 8 320 9 625 telegraph 684 616 374 266 218 267 trunk telephone 48 935 49 115 51 135 58 763 76 440 108 774 urban and rural telephone 16 701 16 219 17 401 20 080 23 428 22 658 mobile telephone 70 905 86 715 106 686 141 098 208 312 295 518 line radio 119 86 101 85 123 155 special and courier communication 336 178 234 227 216 246 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 5 485 4 759 6 214 5 592 5 753 6 375 control and protection of radio frequencu 757 1 098 1 537 1 450 1 396 1 544 internet 1 601 1 708 2 508 3 139 3 749 8 623 other services 3 458 6 025 8 254 8 579 5 962 7 328

1.21 Structure of communication services , in %

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 mail 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.1 telegraph 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 trunk telephone 31.9 28.7 25.5 23.9 22.9 23.6 urban and rural telephone 10.8 9.5 8.7 8.2 7.0 4.9 mobile telephone 46.1 50.7 53.3 57.3 62.4 64.1 line radio 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 special and courier communication 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 3.6 2.8 3.1 2.3 1.7 1.4 control and protection of radio frequencu 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 internet 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.9 other services 2.2 3.5 4.1 3.5 1.8 1.6

1.3 Income from communication services for population, (at real prices), thousand manats

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 1 356 6 558 20 679 57 973 80 921 73 753 mail 19 103 265 890 1 881 1 462 telegraph 42 200 426 374 350 278 trunk telephone 1 018 4 662 16 343 27 800 33 774 25 309 urban and rural telephone 269 1 569 3 619 4 969 6 322 7 339 mobile telephone … … … 23 917 38 579 38 295 line radio 8 24 26 23 12 8 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting - - - - - 7 internet - - - - 3 157 other services - - - - - 898

1.3 Income from communication services for population, (at real prices), thousand manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 107 365 121 626 144 556 179 457 248 162 334 132 mail 1 727 1 944 1 425 2 576 3 350 3 826 telegraph 259 207 180 215 182 232 trunk telephone 25 713 27 392 27 777 27 147 29 041 32 123 urban and rural telephone 8 109 10 699 10 867 11 583 13 298 13 668 mobile telephone 70 181 79 134 101 634 135 610 199 830 281 418 line radio 13 5 3 3 4 2 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 232 769 653 527 612 559 internet 145 116 505 731 1 087 1 552 other services 987 1 362 1 513 1 065 758 751

1.31 Structure of communication services for population , in %

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 mail 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.5 2.3 2.0 telegraph 3.1 3.0 2.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 trunk telephone 75.1 71.1 79.0 48.0 41.7 34.3 urban and rural telephone 19.8 23.9 17.5 8.6 7.8 10.0 mobile telephone … ...... 41.3 47.7 51.9 line radio 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting - - - - - 0.0 internet - - - - 0.0 0.2 other services ...... 1.2

1.31 Structure of communication services for population , in %

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 mail 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.1 telegraph 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 trunk telephone 23.9 22.5 19.2 15.1 11.7 9.6 urban and rural telephone 7.6 8.8 7.5 6.5 5.4 4.1 mobile telephone 65.4 65.1 70.3 75.6 80.6 84.2 line radio 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 radio communication, broadcasting, telecasting 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 internet 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 other services 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.2

2.1 Main indicators of post communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of post offices 1 821 1 794 1 616 1 703 1 616 1 546 in urban location 381 354 226 313 248 220 in rural location 1 440 1 440 1 390 1 390 1 368 1 326 Number of postmen on delivery 5 135 2 271 2 318 2 271 2 361 2 187 in urban locations 2 875 933 911 933 1 021 962 in rural locations 2 260 1 338 1 407 1 338 1 340 1 225 Sending off: newspapers and magazines, million units 753 36.4 37.5 43.1 64.2 29.6 letters, million units 122 19.6 15.4 7.9 7.5 5.5 parcels, thousand units 1811 24.2 9.3 8.9 9.8 8.5 money order and pencionary payments million units 13 10.8 10.9 10.2 8.4 9.2 telegrams, million unit 6.3 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.4

Posting by air transport, thousand tonnes ... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

2.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Number of post offices 1 354 1 275 1 272 1 235 1 286 1 371 in urban location 313 331 275 229 301 319 in rural location 1 041 944 997 1 006 985 1 052 Number of postmen on delivery 2 187 2 187 1 100 1 184 1 162 1 114 in urban locations 962 962 775 878 897 741 in rural locations 1225 1225 325 306 265 373 Sending off: newspapers and magazines, million units 20.7 17.9 15.1 13.6 14.7 17.3 letters, million units 4.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 4.1 6.4 parcels, thousand units 9.6 15.2 28.2 46 55.9 65 money order and pencionary payments million units 9.1 7.7 6.3 5.6 2.4 1.7 telegrams, million unit 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Posting by air transport, thousand tonnes 0.13 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.2

2.2 International post services

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Sending off: letters, thousand units … ... 421.5 285.6 257.2 291.5 parcels post, thousand units 1 007 4 034 6 479 6 376 7 617 10 080 money order number, thousand units 6.3 8.7 5.6 8.1 7.6 9.4 volume, thousand manats 321.6 587.4 408.0 527.0 639.9 908.0 Number of exit telegrams, thousand units 13.8 10.3 9.8 9.1 18.5 18.0

2.3 Speedy post services

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Promt mail and courier delivers number, thousand units 4.1 9.3 457.6 600.3 897.5 953.1 weight, thousand kilogram 6.9 12.1 37.2 55.3 86.5 92.5 local number, thousand units - - 438 579.1 867.8 922.4 weight, thousand kilogram - - 10.8 15.2 35.8 40.1 international number, thousand units 4.1 9.3 19.6 21.3 29.7 30.7 weight, thousand kilogram 6.9 12.1 26.4 40.1 50.7 52.4 Received mail and courier delivers number, thousand units … 13.1 60.9 67.5 85.8 95.3 weight, thousand kilogram … 28.5 75.8 94.8 136.4 137.1 local number, thousand units … … 0.8 2.3 3.1 3.3 weight, thousand kilogram … … 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 international number, thousand units … 13.1 60.1 65.2 82.7 92 weight, thousand kilogram … 28.5 75.5 94.4 135.8 136.2 Number of letters to send, thousand units 3.8 8.4 452.9 595.2 891.2 946.2 Number of parcels to send, thousand units 0.3 0.9 1.8 5.4 6.3 6.9 Income from of promt mail and courier delivers (at real prices), thousand manats 126.6 613.1 1 356.1 1 866.7 2 565.3 3 282.1 from sending 126.6 580.6 1 282.4 1 779.5 2 449.2 3 052.7 from receiving - 32.5 73.7 87.2 116.1 229.4 Income from of local promt mail and courier delivers, thousand manats … 180.9 314.2 465.0 570.6 818.2 Income from of international promt mail and courier delivers, thousand manats 126.6 432.2 1 041.9 1 401.7 1 994.7 2 463.9

3.1 Telephone communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of ATS, total 1 079 1 004 1 007 1 006 988 996 coordinate automatic exchange 1 036 953 953 953 926 867 electronic exchange - 16 20 20 47 116 step by step exchange 43 35 34 33 15 13 General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 610 704 733 739 785 818 coordinate automatic exchange ... 508 522 529 525 521 electronic exchange - 31 54 54 165 211 step by step exchange ... 165 158 156 96 86 Using capacity, thousand numbers 554 643 650 661 680 741 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 649 657 659 672 685 744 Number of coin telephone in rural and urban, units 6 849 1 646 1 800 1 907 2 095 2 277 Number of trunk-line coin telephones, unit 783 444 409 335 158 144 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 616 640 645 659 678 737 coordinate automatic exchange ...... electronic exchange ...... step by step exchange ...... Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 517.0 555.4 565.2 578.4 603.0 662.9 Number of mobile telephone, - 2.4 6.9 69.7 100 162 thousand abonents Telephone lines per 1000 of population, units 90 85 84 85 86 93 Telephone lines per 100 families, units 34 34 34 35 36 39 Mobile telephone per 1000 of population, units - 0.31 1.0 9 13 20 Number of abonents İSDN, abonents ------Number of abonents ADSL und HDSL, abonents ------Number of complete set İSDN, units ------Number of complete set ADSL und HDSL, units ------Number of faximile, units ...... Number of radiotelephone, units ...... Number of internet connections, connection ------

3.1 Telephone communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of ATS, total 1 031 1 072 1 108 1 151 1 154 1 190 coordinate automatic exchange 872 873 855 802 771 670 electronic exchange 149 192 248 346 381 520 step by step exchange 10 7 5 3 2 - General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 869 934 972 1 029 1 098 1 259 coordinate automatic exchange 532 529 523 511 479 435 electronic exchange 266 349 410 498 610 824 step by step exchange 71 57 39 19 9 - Using capacity, thousand numbers 805 869 926 945 1 016 1 097 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 807 871 929 948 1 017 1 097 Number of coin telephone in rural and urban, units 2 289 2 249 2 053 1 912 1 983 2 016 Number of trunk-line coin telephones, unit 148 137 261 439 449 531 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 801 865 924 942 1 013 1 094 coordinate automatic exchange 477 509 507 464 451 408 electronic exchange 257 301 379 460 554 686 step by step exchange 68 54 37 18 8 - Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 731 792 849 867 926 1 003 Number of mobile telephone, 431 644 794 1 057 1 457 2 242 thousand abonents Telephone lines per 1000 of population, units 100 107 114 115 122 130 Telephone lines per 100 families, units 43 46 49 49 52 56 Mobile telephone per 1000 of population, units 53 79 97 128 174 268 Number of abonents İSDN, abonents ...... 3 342 364 357 Number of abonents ADSL und HDSL, abonents ...... 710 Number of complete set İSDN, units ...... 649 Number of complete set ADSL und HDSL, units ...... 1 789 Number of faximile, units ...... 1 410 2 170 3 837 5 237 Number of radiotelephone, units ...... 1 163 1 184 1 135 1 048 Number of internet connections, connection 3 625 9 155 15 705 33 385 50 054 76 551

3.2 Urban telephone communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of ATS, total 164 177 181 182 183 195 coordinate automatic exchange 121 132 132 134 127 129 electronic exchange - 10 15 15 41 53 step by step exchange 43 35 34 34 15 13 General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 493.6 575.7 604.1 610.7 655.6 685 coordinate automatic exchange ... 380.4 393.5 401.6 396.5 399.8 electronic exchange - 30.1 52.8 53.2 163.1 198.9 step by step exchange ... 165.2 157.8 155.9 96.0 86.3 Using capacity, thousand numbers 449.2 532.2 541.5 553.7 571.2 627.5 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 518.2 539.2 545.2 557.8 569.6 625.6 Number of urban taxsofons, units 6 773 1 645 1 799 1 906 2 094 2 277 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 489.7 523.8 532.9 546.1 563.9 619.3 coordinate automatic exchange ...... electronic exchange ...... step by step exchange ...... Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 406.0 450.6 462.8 474.9 497.0 551.6 Telephone lines per 1000 urban population, units 134 134 134 137 139 151 Telephone lines per 100 urban families,units 47 50 51 52 54 60

3.2 Urban telephone communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of ATS, total 213 231 254 290 289 298 coordinate automatic exchange 127 116 111 104 88 78 electronic exchange 76 108 138 183 199 220 step by step exchange 10 7 5 3 2 - General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 729.6 784.6 813.6 857.5 916.4 1048 coordinate automatic exchange 407.8 399.5 394.1 386.7 352.2 321.3 electronic exchange 250.8 328.4 380.3 451.4 555.1 726.7 step by step exchange 71 56.7 39.2 19.4 9.1 - Using capacity, thousand numbers 680.8 730.9 777.1 801.2 852.6 913.6 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 677.3 726.5 773.2 796.8 846.4 906.7 Number of urban taxsofons, units 2 289 2 249 2 053 1 936 2 047 2 015 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 672.6 721.6 768.6 792.1 843.4 904.1 coordinate automatic exchange 358.9 378.3 378.7 361.7 335.7 303.2 electronic exchange 245.7 288.9 352.5 412.2 499.3 600.9 step by step exchange 68.0 54.4 37.4 18.2 8.4 - Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 608.1 659.1 698.6 721.1 761.1 818.2 Telephone lines per 1000 urban population, units 165 176 186 187 197 208 Telephone lines per 100 urban families,units 66 70 75 75 79 84

3.3 Rural telephone communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of ATS, total 915 827 826 824 805 801 coordinate automatic exchange 915 821 821 819 799 738 electronic exchange ... 6 5 5 6 63 General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 116.7 128.5 129.1 128.7 129.5 133.0 coordinate automatic exchange 116.7 127.6 128.2 127.8 128.1 121.0 electronic exchange - 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.4 12.0 Using capacity, thousand numbers 105.2 110.6 108.3 107.6 108.8 113.2 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 130.3 117.3 113.7 113.8 115.4 118.8 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 126.3 115.7 112.3 112.6 114.1 117.8 coordinate automatic exchange ...... electronic exchange ...... Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 111.0 104.8 102.4 103.5 106.0 111.3 Telephone lines per 1000 rural population, units 39 32 30 30 30 31 Telephone lines per 100 rural families,units 17 14 14 14 14 14

3.3 Rural telephone communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of ATS, total 818 841 854 861 865 892 coordinate automatic exchange 745 757 744 698 683 592 electronic exchange 73 84 110 163 182 300 General capacity of ATS, thousand numbers 139.5 149.7 158.5 171.4 181.9 210.8 coordinate automatic exchange 124.3 129.6 129.2 124.5 127.0 113.8 electronic exchange 15.2 20.1 29.3 46.9 54.9 97.0 Using capacity, thousand numbers 123.7 137.7 148.9 143.7 163.5 183.2 Number of telephone lines (including coin telefones), thousand units 129.9 144.2 156.2 150.7 170.4 190.2 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 128.7 143.2 155.2 150.1 169.7 189.8 coordinate automatic exchange 117.6 130.7 128.693 102.7 115.3 104.6 electronic exchange 11.1 12.5 26.5 47.4 54.4 85.2 Number of apartment telephone lines, 1000 units 122.7 132.8 150.8 146.3 165.1 184.3 Telephone lines per 1000 rural population, units 33 36 39 36 42 47 Telephone lines per 100 rural families,units 16 17 19 18 21 23

3.4 Services of trunk und international communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

The length of telephone channel, thousand km 1 325.1 2 447.8 3 376.5 3 861.7 3 900.4 3 006.1 sputnik channel ... 0.3 0.8 0.9 8.4 317.9 radiorelation ... 6.5 1.1 306 306.0 306.0 cannal conduktor air ... 19.9 19.2 21 19.8 19.8 cannal cable ... 2421.1 3355.4 3533.8 3566.2 2362.4 Number of urban and international channel, units ...... of which, international ...... Number of dicital electronic channel, units ...... Number of exit channale to supply with automation system, units 2 150 2 100 2 249 2 347 2 800 3 706 Number of telephonehies trunk call office, units 943 365 178 112 155 149 Number of trunk-line coin telephones, unit 605 444 409 335 158 144 Number of main telephone sets with trunk-calls thousand numbers 487.7 514.5 511.8 522.5 567.8 654.8 in urban location 465.0 485.4 484.6 493.0 531.7 598.0 in rural location 22.7 29.1 27.2 29.5 36.1 56.8

Number of trunk calls, million calls 19.5 17.5 17.5 46.3 71.5 60.2 local calls, million calls 19.3 16.9 15.7 41.5 56.7 45.8 international calls, million calls 0.2 0.6 1.8 4.8 14.8 14.4

3.4 Services of trunk und international communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

The length of telephone channel, thousand km 3 151.4 2 408.9 3 250.3 3 684.1 5 005.9 5 096.3 sputnik channel 381.4 463.9 490.0 384.1 524.7 278.9 radiorelation 217.5 108.0 132.5 166.7 155.2 148.2 cannal conduktor air 9.2 7.0 6.5 5.1 0.6 - cannal cable 2 543.3 1 830.0 2 621.3 3 128.2 4 325.4 4 669.1 Number of urban and international channel, units ...... 10 312 13 764 19 408 26 104 of which, international ...... 2 165 1 737 2 134 4 995 Number of dicital electronic channel, units ...... 8 147 12 027 17 274 23 974 Number of exit channale to supply with automation system, units 4 084 3 852 6 277 7 453 7 702 9 600 Number of telephonehies trunk call office, units 211 234 464 615 583 715 Number of trunk-line coin telephones, unit 148 137 261 439 449 531 Number of main telephone sets with trunk-calls thousand numbers 732 793.4 744.8 608.4 981.1 1057.1 in urban location 655.9 704.3 644.4 484.2 829.4 890.0 in rural location 76.1 89.1 100.4 124.2 151.7 167.1

Number of trunk calls, million calls 63.9 84.0 111.9 145.8 156.9 185.8 local calls, million calls 42.2 55.9 75.8 104.5 123.1 149.6 international calls, million calls 21.7 28.1 36.1 41.3 33.8 36.2

4.1 Television and radio communication

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of radio - television stations, units 153 164 164 108 116 135 with capacity of 1 kVt and over ... 19 17 17 18 17 with capacity less of 1kVt ... 145 147 91 98 118 Television transmitter, units 472 257 257 200 208 218 with capacity of 1 kVt and over … 35 30 33 34 30 with capacity less of 1kVt … 222 227 167 174 188 Radio transmitter, units … 37 47 34 39 27 with capacity of 1 kVt and over … … … … … … Number of board casting points, thousand units 883.1 441.7 351.8 268.9 195 73.6 urban locations 491.6 343.2 284.8 215.7 162.4 59 rural locations 391.5 98.5 67 53.2 32.6 14.6 Number of settlements with line radio 2126 970 725 542 385 224 urban locations 92 68 65 62 55 49 rural locations 2034 902 660 480 330 175

4.1 Television and radio communication

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of radio - television stations, units 148 225 236 312 388 453 with capacity of 1 kVt and over 18 19 24 29 63 111 with capacity less of 1kVt 130 206 212 283 325 342 Television transmitter, units 238 339 319 384 447 551 with capacity of 1 kVt and over 32 42 40 45 106 137 with capacity less of 1kVt 206 297 279 339 341 414 Radio transmitter, units 30 32 40 52 87 110 with capacity of 1 kVt and over … … … 26 62 88 Number of board casting points, thousand units 43.4 31.6 29.9 29.7 16.2 11.8 urban locations 36.9 28.5 27.8 27.6 16.2 11.8 rural locations 6.5 3.1 2.1 2.1 - - Number of settlements with line radio 211 92 81 81 13 1 urban locations 39 24 19 19 13 1 rural locations 172 68 62 62 - -

4.2 Television and radio channel

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Number of televizion channel, units 3 12 12 14 18 19 of which: broadcastinq whole territory of country 3 8 7 9 11 11 sputnik system - - 5 6 7 7 Number of radio channel, units 2 3 4 7 8 9 sputnik system - - 2 3 5 6

4.2 Television and radio channel

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of televizion channel, units 19 19 21 22 22 22 of which: broadcastinq whole territory of country 11 11 11 11 11 11 sputnik system 7 6 8 9 9 11 Number of radio channel, units 9 11 14 14 14 15 sputnik system 6 4 9 9 9 12

4.3 Programme receivers equipment of the TV and radio transmitter

1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total equipments, units 254 255 253 198 208 210 ether set 122 122 122 55 50 50 sputnik set - - - - 75 81 line cable 106 107 105 83 83 79 other system 26 26 26 60 - -

4.3 Programme receivers equipment of the TV and radio transmitter

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total equipments, units 238 339 512 470 549 616 ether set 48 51 33 42 47 66 sputnik set 105 250 473 420 495 539 line cable 85 38 6 7 6 11 other system - - - 1 1 -

4.4 Population to cover transmission radio und TV cast

1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Population having possibilites to receive TV proqramme, in % one proqramme 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.6 two proqramme 81.1 95.4 95.4 95.4 95.4 95.4 three and more proqramme 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 74.3 70.2 Population having possibilites to receive radio programme, in % … 100 100 100 100 100

4.4 Population to cover transmission radio und TV cast

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Population having possibilites to receive TV proqramme, in % one proqramme 99.6 99.7 99.8 99.8 99.8 99.9 two proqramme 95.4 85.0 90.0 99.0 99.1 99.4 three and more proqramme 70.2 75.0 85.0 95.0 95.0 96.0 Population having possibilites to receive radio programme, in % 100 100 100 100 100 100

4.5 Rural population to cover transmission radio und TV cast

1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Population having possibilites to receive TV proqramme, in % one proqramme 95.6 96.6 96.6 97.6 97.6 97.8 two proqramme 55.4 55.6 55.6 55.6 55.6 56 three and more proqramme 35.4 38.9 38.9 40.0 40.0 40.0 Population having possibilites to receive radio programme, in % one proqramme … 85.2 88.6 88.6 90.0 90.0 two proqramme … … … … … … three and more proqramme … … … … … …

4.5 Rural population to cover transmission radio und TV cast . 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Population having possibilites to receive TV proqramme, in % one proqramme 97.8 97.9 97.9 98.1 98.2 99.9 two proqramme 56.4 56.4 57.2 57.6 57.9 57.9 three and more proqramme 40.0 40.0 41.3 41.3 41.4 41.4 Population having possibilites to receive radio programme, in % one proqramme 100 100.0 100.0 100 100.0 100.0 two proqramme 96.3 97.1 97.6 97.6 98.1 98.5 three and more proqramme 70.0 72.0 90.0 91.0 93.0 93.0

5.1 Availability and situation of fixed assets in communication enterprises

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Availability of fixed assets at the end of the year, million manats 415.0 488.4 639.3 788.6 859.3 1 199.6 Growth indices of fixed assets (by actual prices), % 104.7 121.0 114.8 108.4 113.3 108.7 Renewal ratio of fixed assets (by actual prices), % 12.1 13.3 14.4 8.4 2.8 0.2 Depreciation ratio of fixed assets (by actual prices), % 1.1 1.3 0.7 1.2 0.3 0.1 Depreciation level of fixed assets (to the end of the year), million manats 43.7 50.5 43.6 47.5 47.1 46.2

6.1 Debtor and credit debts of communication enterprises, million manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total debts … … 92.2 116.2 210.8 190.9 Credit debts … … 22.7 64.7 106.6 89.5 Debtor debts … … 69.5 51.5 104.2 101.4

7.1 Number of workers in communication enterprises, person

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 20 693 16 983 16 339 17 095 17 912 19 982 including: bu main activity types 19 560 16 760 15 984 16 695 17 628 19 797 women 7 844 6 429 5 936 5 997 6 116 6 599 bu non-main activity types 1 133 223 355 400 284 185 Number of foreign workers in communication sector 27 26 28 26 25 39

8.1 Production of communication means

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Volume of produced communication means in kind, thousand units television sets 0.04 - - - - 7.2 commutators for telephone and telegraph communications - 0.5 1.9 4.3 5.6 6.8 electrical apparatus for telephone communications - 20 29 39.5 21.3 0.3 microassembeya and integral schemes 106 156.5 151.5 760.2 217.8 89.0

Manufacture of radio, television, communication equipment and apparatus 1222.4 1112.2 985.6 1126.7 1027.7 1932.1 of which: television sets 0.8 - - - - 112.2 commutators for telephone and telegraph communications - 10.6 29.1 113.3 129.0 81.8 electrical apparatus for telephone communications - 38.8 40.4 8.4 30.7 2.6 microassembeya and integral schemes 39.7 56.9 27.4 59.5 36.6 27.8

9.1 Import and sale of communication means

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Import of communication means, 1000 units telephone sets 55.8 90.3 98.4 42.8 40.5 20.3 radio receiver 184.1 138.7 71.9 39.5 16.3 73.3 television receiver 134.4 95.4 130.5 167 128 88.3

Volume of import, 1000 USD telephone sets 312 321.4 582.2 475.5 374 499.4 radio receiver 344.1 365.7 330 342 247.8 886.9 television receiver 5401.3 4950.7 7309.2 6867.4 5694.4 6304.7

Sale of communication means, thsd.units television sets 58.9 67.6 81.0 84.9 112.5 121.2 radio receiver equipments 117.9 121.7 140.7 181.5 204.4 216.9

10.1 Number of post offices, units

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 1 821 1 794 1 716 1 703 1 616 1 546

Baku sity 156 133 131 133 129 132

Absheron economic region 48 39 39 35 35 38 Absheron region 14 14 15 14 14 15 Khyzy region 17 7 6 5 5 6 Sumgayit city 17 18 18 16 16 17

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 270 283 262 279 266 277 Agstafa region - 23 22 25 24 25 Dashkesen region 21 21 21 20 19 20 Gedabey region 32 36 35 40 40 41 Ganja city 30 23 26 23 22 23 Goranboy region 33 40 36 39 35 38 Khanlar region 35 21 21 20 20 21 Gazakh region 41 20 21 21 21 22 Naftalan city 6 1 1 2 2 2 Samukh region - 20 17 16 16 16 Shamkir region 40 46 32 41 35 36 Tovuz region 32 32 30 32 32 33

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 159 162 159 159 157 161 Balaken region 21 22 23 22 22 21 Gakh region 21 23 21 21 21 22 Gabala region 25 25 24 24 24 25 Oghuz region 20 20 20 19 19 20 Sheki region 36 36 36 38 36 37 Zagatala region 36 36 35 35 35 36

Lankaran economic region 184 173 178 175 174 174 Astara region 18 18 19 18 18 19 Jalilabad region 39 40 39 40 40 35 Lerik region 29 28 29 28 28 29 Lankaran region 34 31 32 30 30 31 Masally region 45 36 39 39 38 39 Yardymly region 19 20 20 20 20 21 10.1 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 129 122 117 119 113 113 Devechi region 26 17 17 17 17 16 Khachmaz region 30 28 25 27 27 26 Guba region 33 31 29 29 29 30 Gusar region 40 39 39 39 33 34 Siyazan region - 7 7 7 7 7

Aran economic region 466 445 457 447 428 433 Agjabedi region 27 28 30 29 29 29 Agdash region 26 28 25 29 28 29 Barda region 40 42 43 42 36 37 Beylagan region 30 31 31 29 24 25 Bilasuvar region 14 12 13 13 10 15 Ali Bayramly city 11 11 11 10 10 11 Geychay region 27 25 26 25 25 26 Hajigabul region 11 11 11 11 11 12 Imishly region 40 35 35 35 35 26 Kurdamir region 27 23 23 22 22 23 Mingechevir city 12 8 9 8 8 9 Neftchala region 24 23 24 23 21 22 Saatly region 25 27 28 27 26 26 Sabirabad region 41 39 42 41 41 42 Salyan region 31 27 28 27 27 28 Ujar region 19 18 20 18 18 19 Yevlakh region 40 38 38 38 37 38 Zardab region 21 19 20 20 20 16

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 30 30 31 24 24 24 Agdam region ...... Fuzuli region ...... Terter region 30 30 31 24 24 24

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 82 71 70 69 69 73 Agsu region 23 22 23 22 22 23 Ismayilly region 21 19 19 19 19 20 Gobustan region 8 10 10 10 10 11 Shamakhy region 30 20 18 18 18 19

Nakhchivan economic region 98 98 98 81 81 110 10.1 Number of post offices, units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 1 354 1 275 1 272 1 235 1 286 1 371

Baku sity 118 98 101 109 110 111 98 99 101 Absheron economic region 34 31 32 31 34 32 Absheron region 16 13 13 12 15 13 Khyzy region 6 6 6 6 6 6 Sumgayit city 12 12 13 13 13 13

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 227 220 223 228 233 239 Agstafa region 19 20 20 20 20 20 Dashkesen region 19 15 15 15 15 15 Gedabey region 32 31 30 29 29 30 Ganja city 22 20 19 21 21 21 Goranboy region 35 35 35 35 35 35 Khanlar region 16 16 17 17 18 19 Gazakh region 18 20 20 20 20 21 Naftalan city 1 1 2 2 4 4 Samukh region 14 13 14 14 16 16 Shamkir region 24 24 24 27 28 28 Tovuz region 27 25 27 28 27 30

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 139 134 135 135 135 138 Balaken region 21 19 20 20 20 20 Gakh region 19 18 18 18 18 18 Gabala region 23 21 21 21 21 23 Oghuz region 17 17 17 17 17 17 Sheki region 30 30 30 30 30 31 Zagatala region 29 29 29 29 29 29

Lankaran economic region 147 145 146 145 148 150 Astara region 19 19 19 19 19 19 Jalilabad region 23 20 20 20 22 21 Lerik region 27 27 27 27 27 27 Lankaran region 28 28 29 29 29 32 Masally region 33 33 33 33 33 33 Yardymly region 17 18 18 17 18 18 10.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 95 93 95 94 94 96 Devechi region 12 12 12 12 12 12 Khachmaz region 25 25 25 25 25 26 Guba region 28 26 27 27 26 26 Gusar region 24 24 25 24 25 25 Siyazan region 6 6 6 6 6 7

Aran economic region 352 334 339 338 351 347 Agjabedi region 25 25 25 25 25 25 Agdash region 27 27 27 27 27 27 Barda region 33 33 33 33 34 34 Beylagan region 19 19 20 19 19 19 Bilasuvar region 8 6 6 6 13 6 Ali Bayramly city 7 7 7 7 7 7 Geychay region 22 21 21 21 21 21 Hajigabul region 8 8 9 9 11 11 Imishly region 25 24 25 25 25 25 Kurdamir region 19 15 15 15 15 15 Mingechevir city 7 7 8 8 10 10 Neftchala region 21 21 22 22 22 21 Saatly region 22 22 22 22 22 22 Sabirabad region 37 28 29 29 30 32 Salyan region 24 24 24 24 24 24 Ujar region 15 14 15 15 15 16 Yevlakh region 25 25 23 23 23 24 Zardab region 8 8 8 8 8 8

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 21 21 21 21 22 22 Agdam region ...... Fuzuli region ...... Terter region 21 21 21 21 22 22

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 59 58 58 59 62 63 Agsu region 22 22 22 22 22 22 Ismayilly region 18 18 18 19 19 19 Gobustan region 8 8 8 8 8 8 Shamakhy region 11 10 10 10 13 14

Nakhchivan economic region 91 71 75 75 79 88 11.1 Number of ATS, units Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 1108 1151 1154 1190 248 346 381 520 Baku sity 112 123 120 128 76 89 96 108

Absheron economic region 28 31 35 36 24 27 31 32 Absheron region 16 18 19 19 16 18 19 19 Khyzy region 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 Sumgayit city 7 7 10 11 3 3 6 7

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 168 174 172 178 10 21 26 74 Agstafa region 12 13 12 13 - 1 1 2 Dashkesen region 10 11 10 10 - 1 1 1 Gedabey region 18 19 19 19 - 1 1 2 Ganja city 6 8 8 8 4 6 6 6 Goranboy region 28 29 30 29 - 1 2 29 Khanlar region 12 12 12 14 4 4 5 7 Gazakh region 17 14 14 15 1 2 5 11 Naftalan city 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Samukh region 14 14 14 14 - 1 1 4 Shamkir region 27 28 28 30 1 2 2 7 Tovuz region 23 24 23 24 - 1 1 4

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 118 126 125 130 20 61 62 74 Balaken region 8 6 6 7 1 6 6 7 Gakh region 31 32 32 32 1 1 1 3 Gabala region 17 17 16 16 1 1 2 6 Oghuz region 16 19 19 20 1 1 1 3 Sheki region 29 28 28 30 15 28 28 30 Zagatala region 17 24 24 25 1 24 24 25

Lankaran economic region 154 159 159 160 8 15 20 26 Astara region 15 16 16 16 - 2 2 2 Jalilabad region 32 33 33 33 1 2 2 3 Lerik region 23 24 24 25 - 1 1 4 Lankaran region 36 36 36 36 5 6 11 12 Masally region 32 33 33 33 2 3 3 4 Yardymly region 16 17 17 17 - 1 1 1

11.1 Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 87 87 88 89 11 14 17 24 Devechi region 13 13 13 13 1 2 3 3 Khachmaz region 28 28 29 28 - 1 3 5 Guba region 22 22 22 24 4 5 5 10 Gusar region 19 19 19 19 1 1 1 1 Siyazan region 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Aran economic region 273 284 286 295 19 40 46 89 Agjabedi region 12 13 13 13 - 1 1 1 Agdash region 16 17 18 18 - 1 2 2 Barda region 25 25 26 29 6 7 9 16 Beylagan region 23 24 24 27 2 7 10 18 Bilasuvar region 13 14 14 14 - 2 2 3 Ali Bayramly city 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 3 Geychay region 24 24 24 24 1 1 1 5 Hajigabul region 4 6 6 6 - 1 1 1 Imishly region 15 15 15 16 - 2 2 4 Kurdamir region 12 12 14 16 1 1 1 2 Mingechevir city 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Neftchala region 16 16 15 15 - 1 1 2 Saatly region 17 18 18 18 - 1 1 3 Sabirabad region 24 25 25 26 - 1 1 3 Salyan region 14 15 15 15 - 1 1 2 Ujar region 17 18 17 17 - 1 1 3 Yevlakh region 19 18 18 17 6 6 6 17 Zardab region 17 18 18 18 - 1 1 1

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 20 21 20 20 2 3 3 6 Agdam region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Fuzuli region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Terter region 18 19 18 18 - 1 1 4

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 71 75 75 77 1 5 6 10 Agsu region 17 18 19 20 - 1 1 3 Ismayilly region 29 30 30 30 - 1 1 1 Gobustan region 13 14 13 13 - 1 2 3 Shamakhy region 12 13 13 14 1 2 2 3

Nakhchivan economic region 77 71 73 77 77 71 73 77 11.2 Number of ATS in urban area, units

Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Ölk ə üzr ə 254 290 289 298 138 183 199 220

Bakı şəhəri (q əsəbələrl ə) 112 123 121 128 76 89 97 108

Ab şeron iqtisadi rayonu 20 23 27 28 16 19 23 24 Ab şeron rayonu 9 12 13 13 9 12 13 13 Xızı rayonu 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sumqayıt şəhəri 7 7 10 11 3 3 6 7

Gənc ə-Qazax iqtisadi rayonu 29 37 35 36 6 16 17 22 Ağstafa rayonu 2 3 2 2 - 1 1 1 Da şkəsən rayonu 2 3 2 2 - 1 1 1 Gədəbəy rayonu 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Gənc ə şəhəri 6 8 8 8 4 6 6 6 Goranboy rayonu 4 5 6 5 - 1 2 5 Xanlar rayonu 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Qazax rayonu 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Naftalan şəhəri 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Samux rayonu 3 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Şəmkir rayonu 4 5 5 6 - 1 1 2 Tovuz rayonu 2 3 2 3 - 1 1 2

Şəki-Zaqatala iqtisadi rayonu 10 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 Balak ən rayonu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Qax rayonu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Qəbələ rayonu 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Oğuz rayonu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Şəki rayonu 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 Zaqatala rayonu 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Lənk əran iqtisadi rayonu 18 23 23 23 4 9 11 12 Astara rayonu 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Cəlilabad rayonu 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Lerik rayonu 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Lənk əran rayonu 10 10 10 10 4 4 6 7 Masallı rayonu 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Yardımlı rayonu 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 **

Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 9 9 10 10 4 5 6 6 Devechi region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Khachmaz region 4 4 5 5 - 1 2 2 Guba region 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Gusar region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Siyazan region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Aran economic region 32 43 43 43 7 21 21 24 Agjabedi region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Agdash region 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Barda region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Beylagan region 2 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Bilasuvar region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Ali Bayramly city 2 3 3 3 - 2 2 3 Geychay region 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 Hajigabul region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Imishly region 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Kurdamir region 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Mingechevir city 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Neftchala region 4 5 5 5 - 1 1 2 Saatly region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Sabirabad region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Salyan region 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Ujar region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Yevlakh region 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Zardab region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 Agdam region ------Fuzuli region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Terter region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 6 10 9 9 4 4 4 Agsu region 1 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 Ismayilly region 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Gobustan region 1 2 1 1 - 1 1 1 Shamakhy region 2 3 3 3 - 1 1 1 Nakhchivan economic region 16 9 9 9 16 9 9 9

11.3 Number of ATS in rural area, units Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 854 861 865 892 110 163 182 300

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Absheron region 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 Khyzy region 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 139 137 137 142 4 5 9 52 Agstafa region 10 10 10 11 - - - 1 Dashkesen region 8 8 8 8 - - - - Gedabey region 17 17 17 17 - - - 1 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 24 24 24 24 - - - 24 Khanlar region 10 10 10 12 3 3 4 6 Gazakh region 15 13 13 14 - 1 4 10 Naftalan city ------Samukh region 11 11 11 11 - - - 3 Shamkir region 23 23 23 24 1 1 1 5 Tovuz region 21 21 21 21 - - - 2

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 108 116 116 121 12 52 53 65 Balaken region 7 5 5 6 - 5 5 6 Gakh region 30 31 31 31 - - - 2 Gabala region 15 15 15 15 - - 1 5 Oghuz region 15 18 18 19 - - - 2 Sheki region 25 24 24 26 12 24 24 26 Zagatala region 16 23 23 24 - 23 23 24

Lankaran economic region 136 136 136 137 4 6 9 14 Astara region 13 13 13 13 1 1 1 Jalilabad region 30 30 30 30 1 1 1 2 Lerik region 22 22 22 23 - - - 3 Lankaran region 26 26 26 26 1 2 5 5 Masally region 30 30 30 30 2 2 2 3 Yardymly region 15 15 15 15 - - - -

** Total of wich electronic exchange 2002 2003 2004 2005 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 78 78 78 79 7 9 11 18 Devechi region 12 12 12 12 - 1 2 2 Khachmaz region 24 24 24 23 - - 1 3 Guba region 20 20 20 22 3 4 4 9 Gusar region 18 18 18 18 - - - - Siyazan region 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Aran economic region 241 241 243 252 12 19 25 65 Agjabedi region 11 11 11 11 - - - - Agdash region 14 14 15 15 - - 1 1 Barda region 24 24 25 28 5 6 8 15 Beylagan region 21 22 22 25 2 6 9 17 Bilasuvar region 12 12 12 12 - 1 1 2 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 21 21 21 21 - - - 3 Hajigabul region 3 4 4 4 - - - - Imishly region 13 12 12 13 - 1 1 3 Kurdamir region 10 10 12 14 - - - 1 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 12 11 10 10 - - - - Saatly region 16 16 16 16 - - - 2 Sabirabad region 23 23 23 24 - - - 2 Salyan region 12 12 12 12 - - - 1 Ujar region 16 16 15 15 - - - 2 Yevlakh region 17 17 17 16 5 5 5 16 Zardab region 16 16 16 16 - - - - Yukhari Garabagh economic region 18 18 17 17 1 1 1 4 Agdam region 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Fuzuli region ------Terter region 17 17 16 16 - - - 3 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 65 65 66 68 1 1 2 6 Agsu region 16 16 17 18 - - - 2 Ismayilly region 27 27 27 27 - - - - Gobustan region 12 12 12 12 - - 1 2 Shamakhy region 10 10 10 11 1 1 1 2 Nakhchivan economic region 61 62 64 68 61 62 64 68

** 12.1 General capacity of ATS, numbers

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 869 158 934 344 972 082 1 028 908 1 098 350 1 258 750

Baku sity 422 086 465 230 477 184 501 660 544 728 650 705

Absheron economic region 46 941 53 936 58 180 64 217 70 196 84 196 Absheron region 11 117 12 064 12 696 17 216 20 352 28 872 Khyzy region 1 352 1 352 1 352 1 432 1 320 1 368 Sumgayit city 34 472 40 520 44 132 45 569 48 524 53 956

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 100 956 105 514 108 270 113 866 119 710 131 709 Agstafa region 3 300 3 300 3 536 3 806 4 466 4 722 Dashkesen region 2 850 2 500 2 450 2 578 2 532 2 436 Gedabey region 5 600 5 600 5 661 5 678 5 778 6 209 Ganja city 39 502 42 528 42 528 44 576 47 408 50 320 Goranboy region 7 018 7 490 8 200 8 756 9 462 12 784 Khanlar region 5 346 5 346 5 396 5 546 5 628 6 316 Gazakh region 7 150 8 350 8 888 10 132 11 406 12 616 Naftalan city 2 000 2 000 2 000 1 942 1 928 2 016 Samukh region 4 290 4 450 4 561 4 750 4 800 5 162 Shamkir region 13 400 13 400 14 200 14 574 14 540 16 252 Tovuz region 10 500 10 550 10 850 11 528 11 762 12 876

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 36 056 43 068 44 948 51 989 54 200 58 512 Balaken region 3 150 3 698 3 698 4 352 4 304 4 944 Gakh region 5 004 5 354 5 954 6 254 7 222 7 690 Gabala region 4 250 4 250 4 730 4 741 5 578 6 176 Oghuz region 2 986 3 186 3 236 3 586 3 736 4 454 Sheki region 13 916 18 230 18 872 20 784 21 040 22 128 Zagatala region 6 750 8 350 8 458 12 272 12 320 13 120 Lankaran economic region 58 730 61 280 62 329 67 446 70 282 74 867 Astara region 4 700 4 700 4 651 5 368 5 468 5 894 Jalilabad region 7 300 8 050 8 006 8 488 8 462 9 382 Lerik region 4 898 4 898 4 900 5 162 5 162 5 458 Lankaran region 23 282 24 182 25 114 25 576 27 288 27 608 Masally region 15 150 16 000 16 208 19 096 20 096 22 719 Yardymly region 3 400 3 450 3 450 3 756 3 806 3 806 ** 12.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 26 708 22 330 29 538 30 346 33 614 35 624 Devechi region 3 098 3 098 3 326 3 376 3 774 3 774 Khachmaz region 7 800 2 800 8 862 8 872 9 684 10 124 Guba region 8 770 9 020 9 888 10 538 11 612 13 182 Gusar region 4 600 4 972 5 022 5 072 5 528 5 528 Siyazan region 2 440 2 440 2 440 2 488 3 016 3 016

Aran economic region 116 086 120 981 127 514 131 474 134 448 145 295 Agjabedi region 6 000 6 000 6 011 6 417 6 130 6 130 Agdash region 4 900 5 100 5 128 5 156 5 912 5 912 Barda region 7 650 10 458 11 332 11 988 12 234 13 622 Beylagan region 5 500 5 700 6 064 6 648 6 844 8 297 Bilasuvar region 4 500 4 500 5 853 4 933 4 962 5 331 Ali Bayramly city 7 100 7 300 7 981 7 960 9 704 10 272 Geychay region 7 450 7 950 8 422 8 622 8 662 9 652 Hajigabul region 3 300 2 700 4 300 4 218 3 956 3 976 Imishly region 5 750 5 750 5 750 6 212 6 262 6 980 Kurdamir region 4 400 4 450 5 162 5 262 5 862 6 760 Mingechevir city 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 Neftchala region 4 200 4 300 4 300 4 606 4 656 5 966 Saatly region 4 600 4 650 4 650 4 910 4 906 5 274 Sabirabad region 6 200 6 200 6 300 6 556 6 556 7 204 Salyan region 7 650 7 650 7 800 7 912 7 962 8 055 Ujar region 4 400 4 650 4 658 5 014 4 806 5 276 Yevlakh region 8 468 9 605 9 785 10 760 10 760 12 288 Zardab region 4 050 4 050 4 050 4 332 4 306 4 332

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 3 795 3 755 4 974 5 476 5 310 6 468 Agdam region - - 512 512 512 640 Fuzuli region - - 512 536 540 704 Terter region 3 795 3 755 3 950 4 428 4 258 5 124 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 22 900 23 350 23 845 25 582 26 146 27 434 Agsu region 4 100 4 100 4 200 4 488 4 528 5 012 Ismayilly region 11 000 11 000 11 100 11 756 12 206 12 350 Gobustan region 1 700 1 650 1 897 2 078 2 212 2 308 Shamakhy region 6 100 6 600 6 648 7 260 7 200 7 764 Nakhchivan economic region 34 900 34 900 35 300 36 852 39 716 43 940

** 12.2 General capacity of ATS in urban area, numbers

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 813 616 857 548 916 408 1 047 963

Baku sity 477 184 501 660 544 728 650 705

Absheron economic region 55 988 61 809 67 820 81 644 Absheron region 10 696 15 104 18 224 26 592 Khyzy region 1 160 1 136 1 072 1 096 Sumgayit city 44 132 45 569 48 524 53 956

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 75 494 80 718 84 228 89 107 Agstafa region 2 036 2 756 3 016 3 016 Dashkesen region 1 650 1 828 1 782 1 686 Gedabey region 1 611 1 628 1 628 1 647 Ganja city 42 528 44 576 47 408 50 320 Goranboy region 3 700 4 006 4 412 5 232 Khanlar region 3 072 3 222 3 222 3 222 Gazakh region 4 538 5 070 5 008 5 008 Naftalan city 2 000 1 942 1 928 2 016 Samukh region 1 766 2 000 2 000 2 000 Shamkir region 8 093 8 612 8 512 9 040 Tovuz region 4 500 5 078 5 312 5 920

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 25 159 26 863 27 808 28 704 Balaken region 1 910 2 560 2 512 3 024 Gakh region 2 304 2 304 3 072 3 072 Gabala region 2 180 2 191 2 416 2 672 Oghuz region 1 536 1 536 1 536 1 664 Sheki region 13 008 13 264 13 264 13 264 Zagatala region 4 221 5 008 5 008 5 008

Lankaran economic region 33 459 34 330 35 080 36 271 Astara region 2 189 2 606 2 606 2 632 Jalilabad region 6 306 4 682 4 656 4 986 Lerik region 1 600 1 862 1 862 1 862 Lankaran region 16 952 16 952 17 728 18 048 Masally region 4 904 6 272 6 272 6 787 Yardymly region 1 508 1 956 1 956 1 956 ** 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 18 183 18 616 21 064 21 200 Devechi region 2 048 2 048 2 304 2 304 Khachmaz region 5 912 5 972 6 372 6 532 Guba region 5 120 5 420 6 444 6 444 Gusar region 3 072 3 072 3 328 3 328 Siyazan region 2 031 2 104 2 616 2 592

Aran economic region 91 343 94 352 95 884 98 462 Agjabedi region 4 200 4 667 4 280 4 280 Agdash region 3 516 3 706 4 056 4 056 Barda region 7 168 7 168 7 168 7 168 Beylagan region 2 100 2 300 2 356 2 434 Bilasuvar region 3 697 2 777 2 756 2 763 Ali Bayramly city 7 981 7 960 9 704 10 272 Geychay region 5 572 5 672 5 612 6 184 Hajigabul region 3 700 3 568 3 256 3 256 Imishly region 4 500 4 756 4 756 4 756 Kurdamir region 3 949 4 112 4 112 4 148 Mingechevir city 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 Neftchala region 2 850 3 206 3 356 4 466 Saatly region 2 466 2 760 2 756 2 756 Sabirabad region 3 200 3 456 3 456 3 592 Salyan region 5 400 5 662 5 712 5 749 Ujar region 2 687 3 164 3 156 3 164 Yevlakh region 6 389 7 168 7 168 7 168 Zardab region 2 000 2 282 2 256 2 282

Yukhari Garabagh economic 2 712 3 064 2 798 3 232 region Agdam region - - - - Fuzuli region 512 536 540 704 Terter region 2 200 2 528 2 258 2 528

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 12 182 13 584 13 598 13 830 Agsu region 2 700 2 938 2 928 3 056 Ismayilly region 4 300 4 656 4 656 4 700 Gobustan region 526 828 912 912 Shamakhy region 4 656 5 162 5 102 5 162 Nakhchivan economic region 21 912 22 552 23 400 24 808

** 12.3 General capacity of ATS in rural area, numbers

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 158 466 171 360 181 942 210 787

Baku sity - - - -

Absheron economic region 2 192 2 408 2 376 2 552 Absheron region 2 000 2 112 2 128 2 280 Khyzy region 192 296 248 272 Sumgayit city - - - -

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 32 776 33 148 35 482 42 602 Agstafa region 1 500 1 050 1 450 1 706 Dashkesen region 800 750 750 750 Gedabey region 4 050 4 050 4 150 4 562 Ganja city - - - - Goranboy region 4 500 4 750 5 050 7 552 Khanlar region 2 324 2 324 2 406 3 094 Gazakh region 4 350 5 062 6 398 7 608 Naftalan city - - - - Samukh region 2 795 2 750 2 800 3 162 Shamkir region 6 107 5 962 6 028 7 212 Tovuz region 6 350 6 450 6 450 6 956

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 19 789 25 126 26 392 29 808 Balaken region 1 788 1 792 1 792 1 920 Gakh region 3 650 3 950 4 150 4 618 Gabala region 2 550 2 550 3 162 3 504 Oghuz region 1 700 2 050 2 200 2 790 Sheki region 5 864 7 520 7 776 8 864 Zagatala region 4 237 7 264 7 312 8 112 Lankaran economic region 28 870 33 116 35 202 38 596 Astara region 2 462 2 762 2 862 3 262 Jalilabad region 1 700 3 806 3 806 4 396 Lerik region 3 300 3 300 3 300 3 596 Lankaran region 8 162 8 624 9 560 9 560 Masally region 11 304 12 824 13 824 15 932 Yardymly region 1 942 1 800 1 850 1 850

** 12.3 General capacity of ATS in rural area, numbers

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 158 466 171 360 181 942 210 787

Baku sity - - - -

Absheron economic region 2 192 2 408 2 376 2 552 Absheron region 2 000 2 112 2 128 2 280 Khyzy region 192 296 248 272 Sumgayit city - - - -

** 12.3 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 11 355 11 730 12 550 14 424 Devechi region 1 278 1 328 1 470 1 470 Khachmaz region 2 950 2 900 3 312 3 592 Guba region 4 768 5 118 5 168 6 738 Gusar region 1 950 2 000 2 200 2 200 Siyazan region 409 384 400 424

Aran economic region 36 171 37 122 38 564 46 833 Agjabedi region 1 811 1 750 1 850 1 850 Agdash region 1 612 1 450 1 856 1 856 Barda region 4 164 4 820 5 066 6 454 Beylagan region 3 964 4 348 4 488 5 863 Bilasuvar region 2 156 2 156 2 206 2 568 Ali Bayramly city - - - - Geychay region 2 850 2 950 3 050 3 468 Hajigabul region 600 650 700 720 Imishly region 1 250 1 456 1 506 2 224 Kurdamir region 1 213 1 150 1 750 2 612 Mingechevir city - - - - Neftchala region 1 450 1 400 1 300 1 500 Saatly region 2 184 2 150 2 150 2 518 Sabirabad region 3 100 3 100 3 100 3 612 Salyan region 2 400 2 250 2 250 2 306 Ujar region 1 971 1 850 1 650 2 112 Yevlakh region 3 396 3 592 3 592 5 120 Zardab region 2 050 2 050 2 050 2 050

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 2 262 2 412 2 512 3 236 Agdam region 512 512 512 640 Fuzuli region - - - - Terter region 1 750 1 900 2 000 2 596

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 11 663 11 998 12 548 13 604 Agsu region 1 500 1 550 1 600 1 956 Ismayilly region 6 800 7 100 7 550 7 650 Gobustan region 1 371 1 250 1 300 1 396 Shamakhy region 1 992 2 098 2 098 2 602 Nakhchivan economic region 13 388 14 300 16 316 19 132

** 13.1 General capacity of electronic exchange ATS, numbers

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 266 043 348 545 409 631 498 293 609 948 823 710

Baku sity 143 366 195 755 234 857 271 465 347 696 473 903

Absheron economic region 14 741 17 736 19 080 34 292 40 896 54 496 Absheron region 10 317 11 264 12 096 17 216 20 352 28 872 Khyzy region 1 352 1 352 1 352 1 432 1 320 1 368 Sumgayit city 3 072 5 120 5 632 15 644 19 224 24 256

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 25 600 26 654 27 948 37 612 50 960 76 440 Agstafa region - - - 256 2 816 3 072 Dashkesen region - - - 128 1 632 1 536 Gedabey region - - - 128 128 640 Ganja city 21 504 22 558 22 528 24 576 27 408 30 320 Goranboy region - - - 256 512 12 784 Khanlar region 4 096 4 096 4 396 4 396 4 528 5 216 Gazakh region - - 512 5 520 7 056 9 616 Naftalan city - - - 128 128 2 016 Samukh region - - - 1 200 1 200 2 112 Shamkir region - - 512 1 024 1 040 2 952 Tovuz region - - - - 4 512 6 176

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 4 564 26 976 28 459 41 728 45 200 51 312 Balaken region - 2 048 2 048 4 352 4 304 4 944 Gakh region 2 304 2 304 2 304 2 304 3 072 3 840 Gabala region - - 480 480 2 928 4 976 Oghuz region 1 236 1 536 1 536 1 536 1 536 2 304 Sheki region 1 024 16 080 17 083 20 784 21 040 22 128 Zagatala region - 5 008 5 008 12 272 12 320 13 120 Lankaran economic region 6 528 6 528 9 344 11 864 14 376 25 144 Astara region - - - 768 768 768 Jalilabad region - - 256 512 512 1 456 Lerik region - - - 256 256 1 152 Lankaran region 6 528 6 528 8 064 8 776 11 288 19 608 Masally region - - 1 024 1 296 1 296 1 904 Yardymly region - - - 256 256 256

** 13.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 9 208 12 680 14 176 14 736 17 664 20 224 Devechi region 2 048 2 048 2 176 2 176 2 624 2 624 Khachmaz region - - - 512 1 184 1 824 Guba region 5 120 5 120 6 488 6 488 7 512 9 432 Gusar region - 3 072 3 072 3 072 3 328 3 328 Siyazan region 2 040 2 440 2 440 2 488 3 016 3 016

Aran economic region 27 136 27 316 38 762 47 328 50 004 72 627 Agjabedi region - - - 512 480 480 Agdash region - - - 256 512 512 Barda region - - 8 832 9 088 9 484 11 672 Beylagan region - - 364 4 048 4 400 6 747 Bilasuvar region - - - 512 512 1 024 Ali Bayramly city - - - 640 2 304 10 272 Geychay region - - 472 472 512 1 952 Hajigabul region - - - 256 256 256 Imishly region - - - 512 512 1 280 Kurdamir region - - 512 512 512 1 024 Mingechevir city 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 Neftchala region - - - 256 256 1 440 Saatly region - - - 256 256 1 024 Sabirabad region - - - 256 256 896 Salyan region - - - 512 512 768 Ujar region - - - 256 256 768 Yevlakh region 7 168 7 348 8 614 8 760 8 760 12 288 Zardab region - - - 256 256 256

Yukhari Garabagh economic region - - 1 024 1 144 1 180 2 368 Agdam region - - 512 512 512 640 Fuzuli region - - 512 536 540 704 Terter region - - - 96 128 1 024

Daghlig Shirvan economic region - - 248 1 272 2 256 3 256 Agsu region - - - 128 128 512 Ismayilly region - - - 256 256 272 Gobustan region - - - 128 1 112 1 408 Shamakhy region - - 248 760 760 1 064 Nakhchivan economic region 34 900 34 900 35 300 36 852 39 716 43 940 ** 13.2 General capacity of electronic exchange ATS in urban area, numbers

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 380 315 451 433 555 056 726 693

Baku sity 234 857 271 465 347 696 473 903

Absheron economic region 17 288 31 884 38 520 51 944 Absheron region 10 496 15 104 18 224 26 592 Khyzy region 1 160 1 136 1 072 1 096 Sumgayit city 5 632 15 644 19 224 24 256

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 26 112 35 264 46 928 57 488 Agstafa region - 256 2 816 2 816 Dashkesen region - 128 1 632 1 536 Gedabey region - 128 128 128 Ganja city 22 528 24 576 27 408 30 320 Goranboy region 256 512 5 232 Khanlar region 3 072 3 072 3 072 3 072 Gazakh region 512 5 008 5 008 5 008 Naftalan city - 128 128 2 016 Samukh region - 1 200 1 200 1 200 Shamkir region - 512 512 1 040 Tovuz region - - 4 512 5120

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 24 395 25 152 27 808 28 704 Balaken region 2 048 2 560 2 512 3 024 Gakh region 2 304 2 304 3 072 3 072 Gabala region 480 480 2 416 2 672 Oghuz region 1 536 1 536 1 536 1 664 Sheki region 13 019 13 264 13 264 13 264 Zagatala region 5 008 5 008 5 008 5 008 Lankaran economic region 7 552 9 048 10 024 18 648 Astara region - 256 256 256 Jalilabad region - 256 256 560 Lerik region - 256 256 256 Lankaran region 7 552 7 752 8 728 17 048 Masally region - 272 272 272 Yardymly region - 256 256 256

** 13.2 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 12 399 12 856 15 064 15 200 Devechi region 2 176 2 048 2 304 2 304 Khachmaz region - 512 672 832 Guba region 5 120 5 120 6 144 6 144 Gusar region 3 072 3 072 3 328 3 328 Siyazan region 2 031 2 104 2 616 2 592

Aran economic region 35 288 41 556 43 140 53 214 Agjabedi region - 512 480 480 Agdash region - 256 256 256 Barda region 7 168 7 168 7 168 7 168 Beylagan region - 2 300 2 212 2 334 Bilasuvar region - 256 256 256 Ali Bayramly city - 640 2 304 10 272 Geychay region 472 472 512 1 184 Hajigabul region - 256 256 256 Imishly region - 256 256 256 Kurdamir region 512 512 512 512 Mingechevir city 19 968 19 968 19 968 19 968 Neftchala region - 256 256 1 440 Saatly region - 256 256 256 Sabirabad region - 256 256 384 Salyan region - 512 512 512 Ujar region - 256 256 256 Yevlakh region 7 168 7 168 7 168 7 168 Zardab region - 256 256 256

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 512 632 668 832 Agdam region - - - - Fuzuli region 512 536 540 704 Terter region - 96 128 128

Daghlig Shirvan economic region - 1 024 1 808 1 952 Agsu region - 128 128 256 Ismayilly region - 256 256 272 Gobustan region - 128 912 912 Shamakhy region - 512 512 512

Nakhchivan economic region 21 912 22 552 23 400 24 808

** 13.3 General capacity of electronic exchange ATS in rural area, numbers

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 29 316 46 860 54 892 97 017

Baku sity - - - -

Absheron economic region 1 792 2 408 2 376 2 552 Absheron region 1 600 2 112 2 128 2 280 Khyzy region 192 296 248 272 Sumgayit city - - - -

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 1 836 2 348 4 032 18 952 Agstafa region - - - 256 Dashkesen region - - - - Gedabey region - - - 512 Ganja city - - - - Goranboy region - - - 7 552 Khanlar region 1 324 1 324 1 456 2 144 Gazakh region - 512 2 048 4 608 Naftalan city - - - - Samukh region - - - 912 Shamkir region 512 512 528 1 912 Tovuz region - - - 1 056

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 4 064 16 576 17 392 22 608 Balaken region - 1 792 1 792 1 920 Gakh region - - - 768 Gabala region - - 512 2 304 Oghuz region - - - 640 Sheki region 4 064 7 520 7 776 8 864 Zagatala region - 7 264 7 312 8 112 Lankaran economic region 1 792 2 816 4 352 6 496 Astara region - 512 512 512 Jalilabad region 256 256 256 896 Lerik region - - - 896 Lankaran region 512 1 024 2 560 2 560 Masally region 1 024 1 024 1 024 1 632 Yardymly region

** 13.3 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 1 777 1 880 2 600 5 024 Devechi region - 128 320 320 Khachmaz region - - 512 992 Guba region 1 368 1 368 1 368 3 288 Gusar region - - - - Siyazan region 409 384 400 424

Aran economic region 3 730 5 772 6 864 19 413 Agjabedi region - - - - Agdash region - - 256 256 Barda region 1 664 1 920 2 316 4 504 Beylagan region 364 1 748 2 188 4 413 Bilasuvar region - 256 256 768 Ali Bayramly city - - - Geychay region - - - 768 Hajigabul region - - - Imishly region - 256 256 1 024 Kurdamir region - - - 512 Mingechevir city - - - - Neftchala region - - - - Saatly region - - - 768 Sabirabad region - - - 512 Salyan region - - - 256 Ujar region - - - 512 Yevlakh region 1 446 1 592 1 592 5 120 Zardab region

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 512 512 512 1 536 Agdam region 512 512 512 640 Fizuli region - - - - Terter region - - - 896 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 248 248 448 1 304 Agsu region - - - 256 Ismayilly region - - - - Gobustan region - - 200 496 Shamakhy region 248 248 248 552 Nakhchivan economic region 13 388 14 300 16 316 19 132

14.1 Main telephone lines, lines

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 611 026 639 532 645 205 658 708 677 956 737 182

Baku sity 268 094 287 422 293 898 304 884 316 461 354 003

Absheron economic region 24 455 31 060 32 192 33 525 35 706 39 607 Absheron region 6 732 6 947 6 896 6 917 7 196 8 935 Khyzy region - 767 779 747 747 827 Sumgayit city 17 723 23 346 24 517 25 861 27 763 29 845

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 69 495 81 214 81 532 81 517 82 444 86 293 Agstafa region 3 145 3 110 2 910 2 910 2 893 2 893 Dashkesen region 2 534 2 188 2 111 2 101 2 033 2 071 Gedabey region 4 036 4 798 4 782 4 434 4 432 4 753 Ganja city 20 193 28 920 29 844 29 944 31 051 33 296 Goranboy region 5 935 6 235 6 067 6 184 6 300 6 480 Khanlar region 6 985 3 345 3 231 3 269 3 320 3 390 Gazakh region 6 396 6 489 6 497 6 504 6 122 6 460 Naftalan city 1 012 1 615 1 576 1 522 1 531 1 573 Samukh region - 3 810 3 810 3 859 3 877 3 929 Shamkir region 10 465 11 691 11 691 11 738 11 800 12 312 Tovuz region 8 794 9 013 9 013 9 052 9 085 9 136

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 28 392 31 370 31 489 31 327 31 433 33 031 Balaken region 2 458 2 796 2 796 2 796 2 796 2 808 Gakh region 3 283 3 372 3 347 3 318 3 353 3 924 Gabala region 3 705 3 900 3 900 3 898 3 900 3 962 Oghuz region 2 030 2 106 2 146 2 116 2 169 2 448 Sheki region 11 136 12 757 12 869 12 869 12 859 13 407 Zagatala region 5 780 6 439 6 431 6 330 6 356 6 482

Lankaran economic region 40 535 47 320 47 406 48 052 49 161 50 706 Astara region 3 951 4 146 4 178 4 158 4 215 4 283 Jalilabad region 6 753 6 609 6 492 6 519 6 594 6 485 Lerik region 3 686 4 005 3 834 3 733 3 858 4 219 Lankaran region 16 044 19 716 19 881 19 954 20 236 20 642 Masally region 7 296 9 980 10 203 10 865 11 427 12 234 Yardymly region 2 805 2 864 2 818 2 823 2 831 2 843 14.1 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 17 113 19 687 19 037 19 162 20 011 23 351 Devechi region 2 637 1 562 1 536 1 532 1 829 2 534 Khachmaz region 5 634 7 660 7 272 7 271 7 327 7 454 Guba region 4 851 4 964 4 980 4 985 5 191 7 131 Gusar region 3 991 4 221 3 941 3 943 3 944 4 017 Siyazan region - 1 280 1 308 1 431 1 720 2 215

Aran economic region 92 939 99 673 97 672 97 919 99 642 102 113 Agjabedi region 3 594 4 147 4 512 4 605 4 846 5 650 Agdash region 4 421 4 671 4 671 4 636 4 633 4 602 Barda region 6 715 6 597 6 517 6 517 6 545 6 682 Beylagan region 4 652 4 787 4 437 4 437 4 650 4 750 Bilasuvar region 4 060 4 085 4 064 3 993 4 014 4 092 Ali Bayramly city 5 000 6 038 6 029 6 086 6 361 6 832 Geychay region 6 679 6 905 6 727 6 717 6 707 6 640 Hajigabul region 719 2 342 2 364 2 441 2 484 2 880 Imishly region 4 644 5 136 5 150 5 090 5 151 5 253 Kurdamir region 5 389 4 210 3 465 3 449 3 675 3 765 Mingechevir city 12 554 15 226 14 300 14 300 14 757 15 406 Neftchala region 2 933 3 597 3 560 3 597 3 653 3 723 Saatly region 4 304 4 297 4 297 4 322 4 301 4 342 Sabirabad region 5 887 5 940 5 572 5 692 5 697 5 777 Salyan region 7 262 7 252 7 261 7 262 7 287 6 702 Ujar region 3 928 4 095 4 100 4 104 4 116 4 094 Yevlakh region 6 448 6 750 7 061 7 091 7 166 7 266 Zardab region 3 750 3 598 3 585 3 580 3 599 3 657

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 18 026 2 688 2 528 2 617 3 135 3 911 Agdam region 8 242 - - - - - Fuzuli region 6 442 - - - 160 362 Terter region 3 342 2 688 2 528 2 617 2 975 3 549

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 17 819 17 812 17 707 17 648 17 861 18 767 Agsu region 3 178 3 593 3 400 3 400 3 410 3 533 Ismayilly region 6 836 7 165 7 580 7 675 8 045 8 645 Gobustan region 1 692 1 550 1 395 1 342 1 358 1 453 Shamakhy region 6 113 5 504 5 332 5 231 5 048 5 136 Nakhchivan economic region 19 931 21 286 21 744 22 057 22 102 25 400 14.1 Main telephone lines, lines

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 801 286 864 831 923 799 942 215 1 013 124 1 094127

Baku sity 385 489 414 111 447 210 474 802 504 813 545 532

Absheron economic region 42 679 50 744 55 528 58 902 64 304 71 112 Absheron region 9 537 11 802 11 915 13 644 17 028 21 161 Khyzy region 928 979 1 044 1 124 1 268 1 343 Sumgayit city 32 214 37 963 42 569 44 134 46 008 48 608

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 93 738 100 371 104 929 100 394 109 725 118 152 Agstafa region 3 161 3 420 3 445 3 277 3 752 4 198 Dashkesen region 2 094 2 289 2 383 1 874 2 215 2 394 Gedabey region 4 813 4 913 4 995 4 811 5 061 5 323 Ganja city 37 702 40 102 41 926 43 757 46 742 49 101 Goranboy region 6 958 7 490 7 824 7 184 8 247 9 317 Khanlar region 4 054 4 754 5 266 5 400 5 593 5 662 Gazakh region 6 782 7 823 8 376 9 001 10 453 12 181 Naftalan city 1 691 1 841 1 961 1 811 1 871 1 928 Samukh region 4 080 4 249 4 431 4 590 4 663 5 098 Shamkir region 12 747 13 164 13 833 8 361 9 601 10 710 Tovuz region 9 656 10 326 10 489 10 328 11 527 12 240

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 34 932 39 607 42 919 44 354 51 269 55 448 Balaken region 2 987 3 194 3 398 3 587 4 050 4 399 Gakh region 4 501 5 241 5 384 5 920 6 796 7 364 Gabala region 4 076 4 128 4 198 3 875 4 392 5 819 Oghuz region 2 865 3 126 3 197 3 453 3 706 3 996 Sheki region 13 833 16 627 18 340 17 831 20 082 21 039 Zagatala region 6 670 7 291 8 402 9 688 12 243 12 831

Lankaran economic region 53 556 58 383 60 801 60 681 64 651 69 316 Astara region 4 463 4 653 4 611 4 909 5 396 5 603 Jalilabad region 7 185 7 765 7 912 6 376 6 967 7 490 Lerik region 4 546 4 768 4 836 4 264 4 474 4 796 Lankaran region 21 381 23 525 24 381 23 802 24 936 26 681 Masally region 13 054 14 495 16 104 18 750 20 056 21 654 Yardymly region 2 927 3 177 2 957 2 580 2 822 3 092 14.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 25 278 26 535 28 275 28 792 30 838 33 424 Devechi region 2 856 2 945 3 141 3 321 3 573 3 754 Khachmaz region 7 507 7 885 8 413 8 199 8 800 9 336 Guba region 8 233 8 662 9 345 9 832 10 390 11 890 Gusar region 4 336 4 618 4 943 4 979 5 314 5 438 Siyazan region 2 346 2 425 2 433 2 461 2 761 3 006

Aran economic region 109 717 115 691 121 235 110 532 119 415 128 038 Agjabedi region 6 350 5 910 5 877 4 306 5 153 5 429 Agdash region 4 776 4 884 5 028 4 148 4 629 5 110 Barda region 7 030 7 790 10 275 9 744 10 787 11 705 Beylagan region 5 021 5 446 5 853 5 777 6 512 7 209 Bilasuvar region 4 232 4 355 4 483 4 149 4 590 4 721 Ali Bayramly city 7 082 7 220 7 981 7 846 8 327 9 031 Geychay region 7 170 7 476 7 899 7 514 8 412 8 871 Hajigabul region 3 133 3 265 3 306 3 089 3 015 3 285 Imishly region 5 518 5 658 5 700 4 784 5 697 5 381 Kurdamir region 4 018 4 277 4 615 4 415 5 031 5 753 Mingechevir city 17 606 19 846 19 944 16 009 16 419 17 590 Neftchala region 3 866 4 017 4 249 3 812 4 311 5 323 Saatly region 4 491 4 550 4 550 4 235 4 509 4 603 Sabirabad region 6 032 6 194 6 266 5 751 6 109 6 055 Salyan region 6 842 6 937 7 038 6 737 7 092 7 203 Ujar region 4 337 4 456 4 636 4 159 4 429 4 849 Yevlakh region 8 468 9 605 9 785 10 609 10 751 12 065 Zardab region 3 745 3 805 3 750 3 448 3 642 3 855

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 4 189 4 555 4 791 3 997 4 408 4 992 Agdam region - 262 512 515 512 512 Fuzuli region 425 440 540 666 540 666 Terter region 3 764 3 853 3 853 2 963 3 356 3 814

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 20 215 21 363 23 318 23 202 24 632 25 865 Agsu region 3 683 3 713 3 967 3 740 4 094 4 520 Ismayilly region 9 346 10 167 10 999 11 385 11 918 11 999 Gobustan region 1 603 1 707 1 867 1 917 2 025 2 183 Shamakhy region 5 583 5 776 6 485 6 160 6 595 7 163 Nakhchivan economic region 31 493 33 471 34 793 36 559 39 069 42 029 * 14.2 Main telephone lines in urban area, lines

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 482 334 523 842 532 883 546 112 563 860 619 419

Baku sity 268 094 287 422 293 898 304 884 316 461 354 003

Absheron economic region 23 103 29 710 30 798 32 151 34 320 38 200 Absheron region 5 380 5 696 5 643 5 666 5 936 7 675 Khyzy region - 668 638 624 621 680 Sumgayit city 17 723 23 346 24 517 25 861 27 763 29 845

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 42 814 55 248 55 948 56 148 57 425 60 455 Agstafa region 2 102 2 100 2 100 2 088 2 101 2 089 Dashkesen region 1 267 1 555 1 499 1 476 1 411 1 446 Gedabey region 1 012 1 102 1 102 1 102 1 102 1 110 Ganja city 20 193 28 920 29 844 29 944 31 051 33 296 Goranboy region 2 097 3 020 2 997 3 055 3 094 3 110 Khanlar region 3 014 2 174 2 060 2 095 2 118 2 150 Gazakh region 3 525 3 515 3 523 3 530 3 550 3 956 Naftalan city 1 012 1 615 1 576 1 522 1 531 1 573 Samukh region - 1 390 1 390 1 439 1 453 1 489 Shamkir region 5 131 6 036 6 036 6 054 6 116 6 340 Tovuz region 3 461 3 821 3 821 3 843 3 898 3 896

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 16 425 18 254 18 358 18 350 18 428 19 488 Balaken region 1 064 1 090 1 090 1 090 1 090 1 090 Gakh region 1 167 1 184 1 188 1 184 1 219 1 818 Gabala region 1 435 1 571 1 571 1 571 1 567 1 577 Oghuz region 987 1 000 1 000 996 1 041 1 249 Sheki region 8 531 9 966 10 078 10 078 10 078 10 283 Zagatala region 3 241 3 443 3 431 3 431 3 433 3 471 Lankaran economic region 22 320 25 491 25 573 25 759 26 181 26 599 Astara region 2 040 2 010 2 032 2 013 2 041 2 051 Jalilabad region 3 591 3 491 3 491 3 518 3 589 3 618 Lerik region 1 265 1 337 1 300 1 289 1 288 1 339 Lankaran region 11 311 13 384 13 515 13 608 13 823 14 093 Masally region 2 925 4 120 4 135 4 228 4 331 4 382 Yardymly region 1 188 1 149 1 100 1 103 1 109 1 116 * 14.2 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 9 768 11 949 12 042 12 252 13 029 16 053 Devechi region 1 545 893 873 871 1 141 1 777 Khachmaz region 3 480 5 040 5 040 5 040 5 070 5 105 Guba region 2 614 2 715 2 751 2 858 3 053 4 956 Gusar region 2 129 2 363 2 390 2 373 2 376 2 370 Siyazan region - 938 988 1 110 1 389 1 845

Aran economic region 61 864 70 110 69 799 69 991 71 034 73 570 Agjabedi region 1 291 2 370 2 735 2 819 3 053 3 848 Agdash region 3 145 3 161 3 161 3 126 3 126 3 126 Barda region 3 903 4 559 4 659 4 658 4 658 4 738 Beylagan region 2 058 2 065 2 065 2 065 2 066 2 066 Bilasuvar region 2 257 2 320 2 248 2 250 2 264 2 290 Ali Bayramly city 5 000 6 038 6 029 6 086 6 361 6 832 Geychay region 4 038 4 085 4 085 4 085 4 085 4 085 Hajigabul region 276 1 920 1 942 2 000 2 049 2 342 Imishly region 3 360 3 979 3 993 3 933 3 994 4 197 Kurdamir region 3 801 2 946 2 876 2 885 2 800 2 838 Mingechevir city 12 554 15 226 14 300 14 300 14 757 15 406 Neftchala region 1 651 2 335 2 322 2 359 2 395 2 437 Saatly region 2 425 2 416 2 404 2 404 2 372 2 367 Sabirabad region 2 917 2 952 2 952 2 955 2 955 2 955 Salyan region 4 532 5 088 5 088 5 088 5 112 4 975 Ujar region 2 340 2 373 2 373 2 375 2 383 2 345 Yevlakh region 4 497 4 562 4 862 4 902 4 910 4 989 Zardab region 1 819 1 715 1 705 1 701 1 694 1 734

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 10 494 2 181 2 171 2 180 2 339 2 531 Agdam region 4 851 - - - - - Fuzuli region 3 480 - - - 160 362 Terter region 2 163 2 181 2 171 2 180 2 179 2 169 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 9 285 9 486 9 668 9 797 9 998 10 379 Agsu region 2 245 2 570 2 437 2 428 2 416 2 522 Ismayilly region 3 155 3 057 3 366 3 498 3 701 3 855 Gobustan region 377 424 431 437 467 502 Shamakhy region 3 508 3 435 3 434 3 434 3 414 3 500 Nakhchivan economic region 12 130 13 991 14 628 14 600 14 645 18 141

14.2 Main telephone lines in urban area, lines

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 672 592 721 642 768 616 792 074 843 430 904127

Baku sity 385 489 414 111 447 210 474 802 504 813 545 532

Absheron economic region 41 595 48 797 53 804 57 084 62 047 68 583 Absheron region 8 648 10 068 10 443 12 133 15 174 19 079 Khyzy region 733 766 792 817 865 896 Sumgayit city 32 214 37 963 42 569 44 134 46 008 48 608

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 66 232 70 042 73 077 72 065 77 957 82 091 Agstafa region 2 237 2 376 2 376 2 203 2 578 2 791 Dashkesen region 1 471 1 557 1 609 1 189 1 493 1 649 Gedabey region 1 140 1 184 1 210 1 195 1 239 1 344 Ganja city 37 702 40 102 41 926 43 757 46 742 49 101 Goranboy region 3 304 3 717 3 621 3 149 3 833 4 333 Khanlar region 2 384 2 803 2 978 3 058 3 163 3 174 Gazakh region 3 976 3 983 4 074 4 683 4 888 4 969 Naftalan city 1 691 1 841 1 961 1 811 1 871 1 928 Samukh region 1 539 1 610 1 636 1 709 1 685 1 749 Shamkir region 6 544 6 576 7 354 5 297 5 348 5 753 Tovuz region 4 244 4 293 4 332 4 014 5 117 5 300

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 20 519 22 528 24 063 23 573 25 026 25 923 Balaken region 1 255 1 662 1 610 1 656 1 665 1 672 Gakh region 2 097 2 283 2 280 2 280 2 798 3 045 Gabala region 1 677 1 677 1 677 2 062 2 411 2 667 Oghuz region 1 456 1 499 1 510 1 508 1 508 1 634 Sheki region 10 551 11 715 12 851 12 030 12 678 13 105 Zagatala region 3 483 3 692 4 135 4 037 3 966 3 800 Lankaran economic region 28 025 29 854 30 154 29 174 30 054 31 806 Astara region 2 105 2 195 2 149 2 207 2 466 2 504 Jalilabad region 4 199 4 280 4 273 4 017 4 309 4 509 Lerik region 1 443 1 525 1 557 1 371 1 459 1 616 Lankaran region 14 518 15 852 16 360 15 399 16 008 17 057 Masally region 4 623 4 761 4 800 4 900 5 070 5 245 Yardymly region 1 137 1 241 1 015 1 280 742 875

14.2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 16 973 17 434 17 890 18 278 19 308 20 417 Devechi region 2 025 2 014 2 011 2 009 2 140 2 260 Khachmaz region 5 105 5 281 5 516 5 878 6 187 6 205 Guba region 5 331 5 330 5 327 5 277 5 383 6 127 Gusar region 2 549 2 789 3 012 3 044 3 238 3 246 Siyazan region 1 963 2 020 2 024 2 070 2 360 2 579

Aran economic region 79 860 83 916 86 230 80 249 85 478 89 246 Agjabedi region 4 539 4 099 4 116 3 349 3 709 3 959 Agdash region 3 248 3 300 3 416 3 110 3 410 3 641 Barda region 4 978 5 295 6 204 6 349 6 672 6 992 Beylagan region 2 066 2 060 2 060 2 083 2 269 2 323 Bilasuvar region 2 354 2 435 2 441 2 283 2 493 2 566 Ali Bayramly city 7 082 7 220 7 981 7 846 8 327 9 031 Geychay region 4 492 4 701 5 068 4 916 5 547 5 812 Hajigabul region 2 572 2 694 2 712 2 764 2 601 2 839 Imishly region 4 412 4 452 4 458 3 897 4 492 3 912 Kurdamir region 2 977 3 113 3 402 3 356 3 527 3 565 Mingechevir city 17 606 19 846 19 944 16 009 16 419 17 590 Neftchala region 2 544 2 646 2 844 2 740 3 209 4 043 Saatly region 2 366 2 366 2 366 2 452 2 481 2 298 Sabirabad region 3 130 3 153 3 155 3 222 3 388 3 465 Salyan region 5 029 5 044 5 083 4 860 5 153 5 217 Ujar region 2 533 2 604 2 665 2 374 2 891 2 931 Yevlakh region 6 161 7 074 6 568 7 017 7 160 7 158 Zardab region 1 771 1 814 1 747 1 622 1 730 1 904

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 2 594 2 609 2 609 2 784 2 937 3 128 Agdam region ------Fuzuli region 425 440 440 522 540 666 Terter region 2 169 2 169 2 169 2 262 2 397 2 462 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 10 946 11 263 11 929 11 687 12 586 13 057 Agsu region 2 640 2 640 2 648 2 638 2 881 2 979 Ismayilly region 4 001 4 191 4 292 4 368 4 538 4 554 Gobustan region 496 496 496 551 573 588 Shamakhy region 3 809 3 936 4 493 4 130 4 594 4 936 Nakhchivan economic region 20 359 21 088 21 650 22 378 23 224 24 026 14.3 Main telephone lines in rural area, lines

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total of republic 129 299 115 690 112 322 112 596 114 096 117 763

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 1 959 1 350 1 394 1 374 1 386 1 407 Absheron region 1 352 1 251 1 253 1 251 1 260 1 260 Khyzy region 607 99 141 123 126 147 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 26 681 25 966 25 584 25 369 25 019 25 838 Agstafa region 1 043 1 010 810 822 792 804 Dashkesen region 1 267 633 612 625 622 625 Gedabey region 3 024 3 696 3 680 3 332 3 330 3 643 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 3 838 3 215 3 070 3 129 3 206 3 370 Khanlar region 3 971 1 171 1 171 1 174 1 202 1 240 Gazakh region 2 871 2 974 2 974 2 974 2 572 2 504 Naftalan city ------Samukh region - 2 420 2 420 2 420 2 424 2 440 Shamkir region 5 334 5 655 5 655 5 684 5 684 5 972 Tovuz region 5 333 5 192 5 192 5 209 5 187 5 240

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 11 967 13 116 13 131 12 977 13 005 13 543 Balaken region 1 394 1 706 1 706 1 706 1 706 1 718 Gakh region 2 116 2 188 2 159 2 134 2 134 2 106 Gabala region 2 270 2 329 2 329 2 327 2 333 2 385 Oghuz region 1 043 1 106 1 146 1 120 1 128 1 199 Sheki region 2 605 2 791 2 791 2 791 2 781 3 124 Zagatala region 2 539 2 996 3 000 2 899 2 923 3 011

Lankaran economic region 18 215 21 829 21 833 22 293 22 980 24 107 Astara region 1 911 2 136 2 146 2 145 2 174 2 232 Jalilabad region 3 162 3 118 3 001 3 001 3 005 2 867 Lerik region 2 421 2 668 2 534 2 444 2 570 2 880 Lankaran region 4 733 6 332 6 366 6 346 6 413 6 549 Masally region 4 371 5 860 6 068 6 637 7 096 7 852 Yardymly region 1 617 1 715 1 718 1 720 1 722 1 727 14.3 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 7 345 7 738 6 995 6 910 6 982 7 298 Devechi region 1 092 669 663 661 688 757 Khachmaz region 2 154 2 620 2 232 2 231 2 257 2 349 Guba region 2 237 2 249 2 229 2 127 2 138 2 175 Gusar region 1 862 1 858 1 551 1 570 1 568 1 647 Siyazan region - 342 320 321 331 370

Aran economic region 31 075 29 563 27 873 27 928 28 608 28 543 Agjabedi region 2 303 1 777 1 777 1 786 1 793 1 802 Agdash region 1 276 1 510 1 510 1 510 1 507 1 476 Barda region 2 812 2 038 1 858 1 859 1 887 1 944 Beylagan region 2 594 2 722 2 372 2 372 2 584 2 684 Bilasuvar region 1 803 1 765 1 816 1 743 1 750 1 802 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 2 641 2 820 2 642 2 632 2 622 2 555 Hajigabul region 443 422 422 441 435 538 Imishly region 1 284 1 157 1 157 1 157 1 157 1 056 Kurdamir region 1 588 1 264 589 564 875 927 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 1 282 1 262 1 238 1 238 1 258 1 286 Saatly region 1 879 1 881 1 893 1 918 1 929 1 975 Sabirabad region 2 970 2 988 2 620 2 737 2 742 2 822 Salyan region 2 730 2 164 2 173 2 174 2 175 1 727 Ujar region 1 588 1 722 1 727 1 729 1 733 1 749 Yevlakh region 1 951 2 188 2 199 2 189 2 256 2 277 Zardab region 1 931 1 883 1 880 1 879 1 905 1 923

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 7 532 507 357 437 796 1 380 Agdam region 3 391 ...... Fuzuli region 2 962 - - - - - Terter region 1 179 507 357 437 796 1 380

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 8 534 8 326 8 039 7 851 7 863 8 388 Agsu region 933 1 023 963 972 994 1 011 Ismayilly region 3 681 4 108 4 214 4 177 4 344 4 790 Gobustan region 1 315 1 126 964 905 891 951 Shamakhy region 2 605 2 069 1 898 1 797 1 634 1 636

Nakhchivan economic region 7 801 7 295 7 116 7 457 7 457 7 259

14.3 Main telephone lines in rural area, lines

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 128 694 143 189 155 183 150 141 169 694 190 102

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 1 084 1 947 1 724 1 818 2 257 2 529 Absheron region 889 1 734 1 472 1 511 1 854 2 082 Khyzy region 195 213 252 307 403 447 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 27 506 30 329 31 852 28 329 31 768 36 061 Agstafa region 924 1 044 1 069 1 074 1 174 1 407 Dashkesen region 623 732 774 685 722 745 Gedabey region 3 673 3 729 3 785 3 616 3 822 3 979 Ganja city - - - - Goranboy region 3 654 3 773 4 203 4 035 4 414 4 984 Khanlar region 1 670 1 951 2 288 2 342 2 430 2 488 Gazakh region 2 806 3 840 4 302 4 318 5 565 7 212 Naftalan city ------Samukh region 2 541 2 639 2 795 2 881 2 978 3 349 Shamkir region 6 203 6 588 6 479 3 064 4 253 4 957 Tovuz region 5 412 6 033 6 157 6 314 6 410 6 940 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 14 413 17 079 18 856 20 781 26 243 29 525 Balaken region 1 732 1 532 1 788 1 931 2 385 2 727 Gakh region 2 404 2 958 3 104 3 640 3 998 4 319 Gabala region 2 399 2 451 2 521 1 813 1 981 3 152 Oghuz region 1 409 1 627 1 687 1 945 2 198 2 362 Sheki region 3 282 4 912 5 489 5 801 7 404 7 934 Zagatala region 3 187 3 599 4 267 5 651 8 277 9 031 Lankaran economic region 25 531 28 529 30 647 31 507 34 597 37 510 Astara region 2 358 2 458 2 462 2 702 2 930 3 099 Jalilabad region 2 986 3 485 3 639 2 359 2 658 2 981 Lerik region 3 103 3 243 3 279 2 893 3 015 3 180 Lankaran region 6 863 7 673 8 021 8 403 8 928 9 624 Masally region 8 431 9 734 11 304 13 850 14 986 16 409 Yardymly region 1 790 1 936 1 942 1 300 2 080 2 217

14.3 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 8 305 9 101 10 385 10 514 11 530 13 007 Devechi region 831 931 1 130 1 312 1 433 1 494 Khachmaz region 2 402 2 604 2 897 2 321 2 613 3 131 Guba region 2 902 3 332 4 018 4 555 5 007 5 763 Gusar region 1 787 1 829 1 931 1 935 2 076 2 192 Siyazan region 383 405 409 391 401 427

Aran economic region 29 857 31 775 35 005 30 283 33 937 38 792 Agjabedi region 1 811 1 811 1 761 957 1 444 1 470 Agdash region 1 528 1 584 1 612 1 038 1 219 1 469 Barda region 2 052 2 495 4 071 3 395 4 115 4 713 Beylagan region 2 955 3 386 3 793 3 694 4 243 4 886 Bilasuvar region 1 878 1 920 2 042 1 866 2 097 2 155 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 2 678 2 775 2 831 2 598 2 865 3 059 Hajigabul region 561 571 594 325 414 446 Imishly region 1 106 1 206 1 242 887 1 205 1 469 Kurdamir region 1 041 1 164 1 213 1 059 1 504 2 188 Mingechevir city - - - - Neftchala region 1 322 1 371 1 405 1 072 1 102 1 280 Saatly region 2 125 2 184 2 184 1 783 2 028 2 305 Sabirabad region 2 902 3 041 3 111 2 529 2 721 2 590 Salyan region 1 813 1 893 1 955 1 877 1 939 1 986 Ujar region 1 804 1 852 1 971 1 785 1 538 1 918 Yevlakh region 2 307 2 531 3 217 3 592 3 591 4 907 Zardab region 1 974 1 991 2 003 1 826 1 912 1 951

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 1 595 1 946 2 182 1 213 1 471 1 867 Agdam region ... 262 498 512 512 515 Fuzuli region ------Terter region 1 595 1 684 1 684 701 959 1 352

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 9 269 10 100 11 389 11 515 12 046 12 808 Agsu region 1 043 1 073 1 319 1 102 1 213 1 541 Ismayilly region 5 345 5 976 6 707 7 017 7 380 7 445 Gobustan region 1 107 1 211 1 371 1 366 1 452 1 595 Shamakhy region 1 774 1 840 1 992 2 030 2 001 2 227 Nakhchivan economic region 11 134 12 383 13 143 14 181 15 845 18 003

14.4 Main telephone lines of electronic exchange, lines

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 238 842 278 795 379 010 459 304 553 764 686 097

Baku sity 136 170 144 730 214 367 266 165 326 129 374 167

Absheron economic region 13 979 15 506 17 489 30 289 35 108 41 133 Absheron region 9 979 10 264 11 515 13 644 17 028 21 161 Khyzy region 928 979 945 1 001 1 131 731 Sumgayit city 3 072 4 263 5 029 15 644 16 949 19 241

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 19 873 21 921 27 238 34 845 43 985 68 431 Agstafa region - - - - 2 004 2 873 Dashkesen region - - - - 2 186 1 502 Gedabey region - - - 68 68 192 Ganja city 19 873 21 921 22 528 24 209 26 839 29 200 Goranboy region - - - 64 87 9 317 Khanlar region - - 4 199 4 222 4 459 4 513 Gazakh region - - 91 4 833 1 570 9 190 Naftalan city - - - 18 97 1 928 Samukh region - - - 913 938 2 088 Shamkir region - - 420 518 620 1 512 Tovuz region - - - - 5 117 6 116 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 4 472 23 717 27 419 29 475 37 534 48 511 Balaken region - 1 750 2 048 2 857 3 212 4 399 Gakh region 2 118 2 304 2 304 2 304 2 822 3 723 Gabala region - - 480 480 2 631 4 658 Oghuz region 1 457 1 508 1 535 1 508 1 508 1 861 Sheki region 897 14 463 16 280 17 598 20 082 21 039 Zagatala region - 3 692 4 772 4 728 7 279 12 831 Lankaran economic region 5 331 6 080 8 380 9 801 11 833 22 441 Astara region - - - 522 254 715 Jalilabad region - - 256 383 383 652 Lerik region 23 23 32 32 205 255 Lankaran region 5 308 6 057 7 462 8 196 9 532 18 708 Masally region - - 630 630 1 289 1 855 Yardymly region - - - 38 170 256

14.4 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 9 491 12 605 13 780 14 584 15 967 19 587 Devechi region 2 025 2 048 2 118 2 127 2 417 2 527 Khachmaz region - - 235 512 602 1 402 Guba region 5 120 5 120 5 986 6 448 6 957 9 406 Gusar region - 3 012 3 008 3 044 3 238 3 246 Siyazan region 2 346 2 425 2 433 2 453 2 753 3 006

Aran economic region 17 606 19 846 34 382 35 956 41 446 62 689 Agjabedi region - - - 182 164 368 Agdash region - - - 80 155 457 Barda region - - 7 621 8 914 9 279 10 086 Beylagan region - - - - 2 264 5 758 Bilasuvar region - - - 282 367 635 Ali Bayramly city - - - 640 1 513 9 031 Geychay region - - 82 472 494 1 417 Hajigabul region - - - - 256 256 Imishly region - - - - 176 675 Kurdamir region - - 145 512 462 843 Mingechevir city 17 606 19 846 19 944 16 009 16 419 17 590 Neftchala region - - - 256 256 1 107 Saatly region - - - - 134 227 Sabirabad region - - - - 256 568 Salyan region - - - - 156 702 Ujar region - - - - 231 658 Yevlakh region - - 6 590 8 593 8 751 12 065 Zardab region - - - 16 113 246

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 421 919 938 1 106 1 180 1 607 Agdam region … 498 498 512 512 512 Fuzuli region 421 421 440 498 540 666 Terter region - - - 96 128 429

Daghlig Shirvan economic region - - 248 524 1 577 5 502 Agsu region - - - 94 128 2 954 Ismayilly region - - - 76 256 272 Gobustan region - - - 55 773 1 377 Shamakhy region - - 248 299 420 899 Nakhchivan economic region 31 499 33 471 34 769 36559 39 005 42 029

14.5 Number telephone lines of population, numbers

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 730 803 792 031 849 355 867 391 926 150 1 002 509 Baku sity 342 732 368 170 400 221 426 629 447 300 484 450 Absheron economic region 40 548 48 556 52 381 55 213 60 801 67 356 Absheron region 8 946 11 125 10 617 11 848 16 143 20 301 Khyzy region 806 855 914 951 1 094 1 176 Sumgayit city 30 796 36 576 40 850 42 414 43 564 45 879 Ganja-Gazakh economic region 88 624 95 284 99 731 97 170 103 483 112 492 Agstafa region 2 940 3 251 3 267 3 159 3 461 3 947 Dashkesen region 1 892 2 088 2 217 1 759 2 022 2 177 Gedabey region 4 579 4 673 4 728 4 508 4 831 5 084 Ganja city 35 756 38 101 39 833 41 585 44 332 46 495 Goranboy region 6 703 6 858 7 286 6 978 7 592 8 817 Khanlar region 3 668 4 385 4 915 5 070 5 244 5 287 Gazakh region 6 192 7 509 8 028 8 656 9 943 11 726 Naftalan city 1 492 1 689 1 807 1 678 1 733 1 785 Samukh region 3 840 4 014 4 041 4 239 4 375 4 851 Shamkir region 12 270 12 759 13 487 9 345 8 991 10 498 Tovuz region 9 292 9 957 10 122 10 193 10 959 11 825 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 32 083 37 160 40 527 41 805 48 706 52 825 Balaken region 2 652 2 859 3 214 3 123 3 739 4 081 Gakh region 4 282 5 008 5 171 5 726 6 569 7 103 Gabala region 3 683 3 735 3 805 3 494 4 041 5 439 Oghuz region 2 629 2 870 2 939 3 199 3 449 3 717 Sheki region 12 804 15 814 17 448 16 952 19 213 20 030 Zagatala region 6 033 6 874 7 950 9 311 11 695 12 455 Lankaran economic region 51 067 55 592 58 069 56 649 61 789 65 806 Astara region 4 111 4 248 4 188 4 484 4 942 5 155 Jalilabad region 6 849 7 385 7 524 5 136 6 536 6 977 Lerik region 4 287 4 481 4 540 4 039 4 211 4 459 Lankaran region 20 594 22 612 23 538 22 911 23 953 25 406 Masally region 12 582 13 987 15 596 17 782 19 462 21 096 Yardymly region 2 644 2 879 2 683 2 297 2 685 2 713

14.5 2 000 2 001 2 002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 22 841 24 050 25 901 26 694 28 751 31 364 Devechi region 2 550 2 668 2 903 3 087 3 313 3 497 Khachmaz region 6 439 6 771 7 275 7 458 8 099 8 582 Guba region 7 778 8 205 8 876 9 315 9 905 11 539 Gusar region 3 890 4 163 4 598 4 578 4 874 5 010 Siyazan region 2 184 2 243 2 249 2 256 2 560 2 736

Aran economic region 101 711 108 292 113 769 103 952 111 899 120 578 Agjabedi region 5 763 5 562 5 529 4 039 4 807 5 080 Agdash region 4 507 4 615 4 758 4 009 4 401 5 028 Barda region 6 400 7 098 9 680 9 120 10 134 11 064 Beylagan region 4 543 4 963 5 366 5 305 6 118 6 692 Bilasuvar region 3 938 4 035 4 163 3 841 4 221 4 441 Ali Bayramly city 6 627 6 950 7 715 7 846 7 852 8 493 Geychay region 6 709 6 939 7 446 7 183 7 991 8 408 Hajigabul region 2 869 3 042 3 083 2 862 2 781 3 025 Imishly region 5 117 5 292 5 332 4 410 5 061 4 926 Kurdamir region 3 766 4 025 4 301 4 028 4 643 5 432 Mingechevir city 16 183 18 423 18 521 15 406 15 600 16 748 Neftchala region 3 572 3 688 3 863 3 493 3 942 5 016 Saatly region 4 329 4 388 4 388 4 039 4 279 4 484 Sabirabad region 5 652 5 814 5 912 5 355 5 722 5 694 Salyan region 6 395 6 523 6 628 6 240 6 706 6 688 Ujar region 4 066 4 185 4 364 3 976 4 036 4 510 Yevlakh region 7 845 9 260 9 297 10 108 10 312 11 360 Zardab region 3 430 3 490 3 423 3 129 3 293 3 489 Yukhari Garabagh economic region 3 873 4 209 4 425 3 509 3 942 4 514 Agdam region - 247 444 444 444 444 Fuzuli region 380 380 425 425 495 578 Terter region 3 493 3 582 3 556 2 640 3 003 3 492 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 19 090 20 172 22 219 21 946 23 650 24 244 Agsu region 3 434 3 464 3 728 3 482 3 935 4 079 Ismayilly region 8 820 9 584 10 390 10 911 11 498 11 388 Gobustan region 1 453 1 557 1 710 1 733 1 870 2 011 Shamakhy region 5 383 5 567 6 391 5 820 6 347 6 766 Nakhchivan economic region 28 234 30 546 31 112 33 824 35 829 38 880 14.6 Number telephone lines of urban population, numbers

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total of republic 406 012 450 570 462 757 474 891 497 005 551 585

Baku sity 219 251 243 668 251 534 260 554 273 735 308 988

Absheron economic region 18 892 26 060 27 166 28 197 31 388 35 263 Absheron region 4 123 4 387 4 419 4 501 5 361 7 126 Khyzy region - 559 574 524 511 564 Sumgayit city 14 769 21 114 22 173 23 172 25 516 27 573

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 36 765 49 286 50 256 51 141 53 471 56 816 Agstafa region 1 900 1 843 1 843 1 845 1 915 1 915 Dashkesen region 1 111 1 242 1 214 1 206 1 183 1 216 Gedabey region 790 882 882 943 943 951 Ganja city 17 203 25 998 26 912 27 613 29 084 31 463 Goranboy region 1 668 2 431 2 547 2 563 3 048 3 064 Khanlar region 2 509 1 883 1 867 1 831 1 850 1 857 Gazakh region 2 871 3 195 3 203 3 207 3 255 3 671 Naftalan city 1 012 1 398 1 374 1 314 1 323 1 363 Samukh region - 1 219 1 219 1 253 1 267 1 320 Shamkir region 4 582 5 707 5 707 5 725 5 787 6 182 Tovuz region 3 119 3 488 3 488 3 641 3 816 3 814 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 14 410 16 242 16 503 16 503 16 549 17 772 Balaken region 757 783 988 988 988 988 Gakh region 900 977 977 977 1 012 1 785 Gabala region 1 154 1 432 1 432 1 432 1 367 1 377 Oghuz region 728 846 846 846 921 1 104 Sheki region 7 949 9 108 9 164 9 164 9 164 9 394 Zagatala region 2 922 3 096 3 096 3 096 3 097 3 124 Lankaran economic region 18 034 22 863 23 102 23 407 23 968 24 748 Astara region 1 621 1 665 1 686 1 721 1 767 1 814 Jalilabad region 2 887 3 064 3 134 3 159 3 293 3 385 Lerik region 1 036 1 116 1 088 1 114 1 114 1 168 Lankaran region 9 470 12 377 12 508 12 621 12 893 13 407 Masally region 2 208 3 784 3 829 3 932 4 035 4 086 Yardymly region 812 857 857 860 866 888 14.6 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 7 889 9 994 10 141 10 229 10 993 14 039 Devechi region 1 118 695 694 700 935 1 561 Khachmaz region 2 962 4 172 4 172 4 172 4 202 4 237 Guba region 2 011 2 275 2 311 2 364 2 592 4 497 Gusar region 1 798 2 024 2 096 2 020 2 023 2 039 Siyazan region - 828 868 973 1 241 1 705

Aran economic region 51 189 61 028 61 973 62 587 63 983 66 738 Agjabedi region 1 052 2 102 2 457 2 550 2 784 3 570 Agdash region 2 844 2 978 2 978 2 949 2 974 2 988 Barda region 3 307 4 011 4 100 4 100 4 100 4 180 Beylagan region 1 648 1 648 1 648 1 648 1 648 1 648 Bilasuvar region 1 870 2 049 2 029 2 027 2 036 2 052 Ali Bayramly city 4 032 5 381 5 457 5 632 5 952 6 423 Geychay region 3 530 3 530 3 534 3 534 3 576 3 680 Hajigabul region 220 1 736 1 759 1 817 1 908 2 205 Imishly region 3 113 3 627 3 640 3 639 3 698 3 897 Kurdamir region 2 455 2 676 2 621 2 680 2 515 2 618 Mingechevir city 10 502 12 934 12 934 12 934 13 391 13 989 Neftchala region 1 293 2 051 2 051 2 188 2 226 2 260 Saatly region 2 040 2 270 2 270 2 270 2 270 2 265 Sabirabad region 2 341 2 342 2 342 2 349 2 349 2 349 Salyan region 3 742 4 540 4 549 4 568 4 593 4 516 Ujar region 1 869 1 990 2 142 2 142 2 162 2 199 Yevlakh region 3 882 3 882 4 182 4 282 4 506 4 577 Zardab region 1 449 1 281 1 280 1 278 1 295 1 322 Yukhari Garabagh economic region 8 999 1 942 1 897 1 914 2 080 2 255 Agdam region 4 260 - - - - - Fuzuli region 2 962 … … … 142 317 Terter region 1 777 1 942 1 897 1 914 1 938 1 938 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 7 822 8 465 8 661 8 854 9 134 9 641 Agsu region 1 967 2 321 2 221 2 236 2 263 2 336 Ismayilly region 2 489 2 682 2 980 3 152 3 375 3 539 Gobustan region 293 311 311 317 352 376 Shamakhy region 3 073 3 151 3 149 3 149 3 144 3 390 Nakhchivan economic region 8 839 11 022 11 524 11 505 11 704 15 325

14.6 Number telephone lines of urban population, numbers

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 608 079 653 781 698 528 721090 761 027 818 222

Baku sity 342 732 368 170 400 221 426629 447 300 484 450

Absheron economic region 39 496 46 653 50 690 53 503 58 605 64 909 Absheron region 8 080 9 425 9 167 10 398 14 330 18 281 Khyzy region 620 652 673 691 711 749 Sumgayit city 30 796 36 576 40 850 42 414 43 564 45 879 Ganja-Gazakh economic region 62 365 65 865 68 912 68 409 72 499 77 192 Agstafa region 2 048 2 239 2 239 2 117 2 319 2 560 Dashkesen region 1 307 1 373 1 454 1 080 1 311 1 443 Gedabey region 981 1 025 1 050 998 1 089 1 185 Ganja city 35 756 38 101 39 833 41 585 44 332 46 495 Goranboy region 3 255 3 291 3 289 3 149 3 424 3 978 Khanlar region 2 082 2 525 2 728 2 832 2 924 2 916 Gazakh region 3 691 3 729 3 820 4 330 4 534 4 636 Naftalan city 1 492 1 689 1 807 1 678 1 733 1 785 Samukh region 1 369 1 438 1 420 1 440 1 465 1 584 Shamkir region 6 379 6 401 7 179 5 186 4 784 5 586 Tovuz region 4 005 4 054 4 093 4 014 4 584 5 024 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 18 640 20 855 22 483 21 920 23 123 24 122 Balaken region 1 153 1 560 1 506 1 551 1 439 1 439 Gakh region 1 911 2 086 2 103 2 104 2 606 2 861 Gabala region 1 474 1 474 1 474 1 818 2 131 2 378 Oghuz region 1 305 1 349 1 359 1 356 1 355 1 464 Sheki region 9 662 11 048 12 186 11 336 11 954 12 342 Zagatala region 3 135 3 338 3 855 3 755 3 638 3 638 Lankaran economic region 26 098 27 753 28 107 26 224 28 100 29 504 Astara region 1 870 1 949 1 885 1 926 2 156 2 209 Jalilabad region 3 951 4 018 4 003 2 895 4 038 4 132 Lerik region 1 292 1 367 1 399 1 216 1 266 1 417 Lankaran region 13 818 15 042 15 610 14 612 15 227 16 205 Masally region 4 258 4 379 4 418 4 518 4 702 4 813 Yardymly region 909 998 792 1 057 711 728 14.6 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 15 040 15 478 16 009 16 608 17 673 18 932 Devechi region 1 807 1 830 1 830 1 830 1 941 2 064 Khachmaz region 4 237 4 369 4 580 5 229 5 603 5 582 Guba region 4 987 4 994 4 991 4 930 5 020 5 930 Gusar region 2 188 2 417 2 738 2 725 2 937 3 003 Siyazan region 1 821 1 868 1 870 1 894 2 172 2 353

Aran economic region 73 432 77 719 79 995 74 566 79 242 83 175 Agjabedi region 4 261 3 809 3 826 3 109 3 390 3 628 Agdash region 3 112 3 164 3 280 2 989 3 206 3 569 Barda region 4 400 4 655 5 682 5 800 6 176 6 459 Beylagan region 1 648 1 648 1 648 1 691 1 965 2 010 Bilasuvar region 2 111 2 171 2 177 2 029 2 180 2 350 Ali Bayramly city 6 627 6 950 7 715 7 409 7 852 8 493 Geychay region 4 091 4 298 4 750 4 591 5 256 5 478 Hajigabul region 2 359 2 481 2 499 2 547 2 431 2 602 Imishly region 4 111 4 186 4 192 3 625 3 967 3 504 Kurdamir region 2 747 2 883 3 115 2 999 3 169 3 289 Mingechevir city 16 183 18 423 18 521 15 406 15 600 16 748 Neftchala region 2 328 2 395 2 536 2 499 2 944 3 807 Saatly region 2 265 2 265 2 265 2 339 2 284 2 237 Sabirabad region 2 840 2 863 2 865 2 909 3 200 3 204 Salyan region 4 632 4 680 4 719 4 399 4 803 4 770 Ujar region 2 387 2 458 2 519 2 228 2 541 2 711 Yevlakh region 5 749 6 766 6 133 6 581 6 766 6 643 Zardab region 1 581 1 624 1 553 1 416 1 512 1 673

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 2 318 2 318 2 347 2 415 2 555 2 813 Agdam region ------Fuzuli region 380 380 425 425 495 578 Terter region 1 938 1 938 1 922 1 990 2 060 2 235

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 10 136 10 408 11 188 10 796 11 824 11 927 Agsu region 2 451 2 451 2 459 2 394 2 736 2 690 Ismayilly region 3 678 3 832 3 928 4 004 4 242 4 147 Gobustan region 382 382 382 412 459 466 Shamakhy region 3 625 3 743 4 419 3 986 4 387 4 624 Nakhchivan economic region 17 822 18 562 18 576 20 020 20 106 21 198 14.7 Number telephone lines of rural population, numbers

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total of republic 110 840 104 846 102 462 103491 106 021 111 345

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 1 005 1 059 1 102 1 092 1 326 1 371 Absheron region 1 005 968 971 973 1 209 1 232 Khyzy region - 91 131 119 117 139 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 24 168 24 388 24 019 24 051 24 081 24 935 Agstafa region 1 284 980 770 800 772 772 Dashkesen region 541 556 542 524 585 587 Gedabey region 2 725 3 600 3 555 3 260 3 258 3 568 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 3 209 2 796 2 796 2 846 3 174 3 164 Khanlar region 3 702 929 929 1 094 1 127 1 163 Gazakh region 2 643 2 815 2 815 2 815 2 417 2 475 Naftalan city ------Samukh region - 2 216 2 216 2 216 2 220 2 337 Shamkir region 5 012 5 372 5 372 5 372 5 372 5 660 Tovuz region 5 052 5 124 5 024 5 124 5 156 5 209

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 10 663 11 859 11 943 11 823 11 775 12 529 Balaken region 1 273 1 473 1 473 1 473 1 473 1 485 Gakh region 1 988 2 113 2 106 2 106 2 106 2 077 Gabala region 2 002 2 138 2 138 2 137 2 143 2 195 Oghuz region 837 892 938 964 972 1 062 Sheki region 2 256 2 595 2 595 2 595 2 595 2 984 Zagatala region 2 307 2 648 2 693 2 548 2 486 2 726

Lankaran economic region 15 071 20 176 20 330 20 995 21 698 23 534 Astara region 1 613 1 981 1 990 2 021 2 066 2 116 Jalilabad region 2 625 2 604 2 500 2 558 2 560 2 802 Lerik region 1 457 2 363 2 363 2 348 2 481 2 802 Lankaran region 4 130 6 113 6 147 6 167 6 241 6 462 Masally region 3 809 5 678 5 893 6 462 6 909 7 677 Yardymly region 1 437 1 437 1 437 1 439 1 441 1 675 14.7 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 6 320 6 727 6 122 6 012 6 067 6 200 Devechi region 708 587 587 588 611 676 Khachmaz region 1 870 2 049 1 649 1 639 1 657 1 749 Guba region 2 108 2 130 2 180 2 078 2 089 1 996 Gusar region 1 634 1 655 1 397 1 397 1 399 1 429 Siyazan region - 306 309 310 311 350

Aran economic region 26 738 25 956 24 703 24 935 26 108 26 358 Agjabedi region 2 075 1 502 1 502 1 502 1 502 1 502 Agdash region 1 126 1 231 1 231 1 231 1 231 1 250 Barda region 2 336 1 940 1 753 1 803 1 810 1 892 Beylagan region 2 126 2 240 2 300 2 300 2 502 2 602 Bilasuvar region 1 661 1 565 1 618 1 659 1 658 1 758 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 2 288 2 303 2 303 2 303 2 490 2 485 Hajigabul region 360 385 385 395 390 487 Imishly region 1 154 1 054 1 054 1 054 1 054 896 Kurdamir region 1 286 1 176 500 501 865 956 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 1 066 1 102 1 096 1 096 1 139 1 235 Saatly region 1 562 1 567 1 567 1 592 1 873 1 914 Sabirabad region 2 857 2 857 2 385 2 495 2 495 2 575 Salyan region 2 489 2 005 2 014 2 014 2 015 1 677 Ujar region 1 340 1 470 1 475 1 470 1 477 1 505 Yevlakh region 1 566 2 036 2 000 2 000 2 067 2 066 Zardab region 1 446 1 523 1 520 1 520 1 540 1 558

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 6 215 505 355 435 795 1 340 Agdam region 3 166 … … … … … Fuzuli region 1 870 - - - - - Terter region 1 179 505 355 435 795 1 340

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 6306 7 656 7 573 7 493 7 507 8 041 Agsu region 778 925 863 893 887 903 Ismayilly region 2 929 3 746 3 960 3 990 4 173 4 615 Gobustan region 1 206 985 950 880 843 903 Shamakhy region 1 393 2 000 1 800 1 730 1 604 1 620

Naxçıvan iqtisadi rayonu 7 042 6 520 6 315 6 655 6 664 7 037 14.7 Number telephone lines of rural population, numbers 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 122 724 138250 150827 146 301 165 123 184 287

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 1 052 1 903 1 691 1 710 2 196 2 447 Absheron region 866 1 700 1 450 1 450 1 813 2 020 Khyzy region 186 203 241 260 383 427 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 26 259 29 419 30 819 28 761 30 984 35 300 Agstafa region 892 1 012 1 028 1 042 1 142 1 387 Dashkesen region 585 715 763 679 711 734 Gedabey region 3 598 3 648 3 678 3 510 3 742 3 899 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 3 448 3 567 3 997 3 829 4 168 4 839 Khanlar region 1 586 1 860 2 187 2 238 2 320 2 371 Gazakh region 2 501 3 780 4 208 4 326 5 409 7 090 Naftalan city ------Samukh region 2 471 2 576 2 621 2 799 2 910 3 267 Shamkir region 5 891 6 358 6 308 4 159 4 207 4 912 Tovuz region 5 287 5 903 6 029 6 179 6 375 6 801 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 13 443 16 305 18 044 19 885 25 583 28 703 Balaken region 1 499 1 299 1 708 1 572 2 300 2 642 Gakh region 2 371 2 922 3 068 3 622 3 963 4 242 Gabala region 2 209 2 261 2 331 1 676 1 910 3 061 Oghuz region 1 324 1 521 1 580 1 843 2 094 2 253 Sheki region 3 142 4 766 5 262 5 616 7 259 7 688 Zagatala region 2 898 3 536 4 095 5 556 8 057 8 817 Lankaran economic region 24 969 27 839 29 962 30 425 33 689 36 302 Astara region 2 241 2 299 2 303 2 558 2 786 2 946 Jalilabad region 2 898 3 367 3 521 2 241 2 498 2 845 Lerik region 2 995 3 114 3 141 2 823 2 945 3 042 Lankaran region 6 776 7 570 7 928 8 299 8 726 9 201 Masally region 8 324 9 608 11 178 13 264 14 760 16 283 Yardymly region 1 735 1 881 1 891 1 240 1 974 1 985

14.7 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 7 801 8 572 9 892 10 086 11 078 12 432 Devechi region 743 838 1 073 1 257 1 372 1 433 Khachmaz region 2 202 2 402 2 695 2 229 2 496 3 000 Guba region 2 791 3 211 3 885 4 385 4 885 5 609 Gusar region 1 702 1 746 1 860 1 853 1 937 2 007 Siyazan region 363 375 379 362 388 383

Aran economic region 28 279 30 573 33 774 29 386 32 657 37 403 Agjabedi region 1 502 1 753 1 703 930 1 417 1 452 Agdash region 1 395 1 451 1 478 1 020 1 195 1 459 Barda region 2 000 2 443 3 998 3 320 3 958 4 605 Beylagan region 2 895 3 315 3 718 3 614 4 153 4 682 Bilasuvar region 1 827 1 864 1 986 1 812 2 041 2 091 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 2 618 2 641 2 696 2 592 2 735 2 930 Hajigabul region 510 561 584 315 350 423 Imishly region 1 006 1 106 1 140 785 1 094 1 422 Kurdamir region 1 019 1 142 1 186 1 029 1 474 2 143 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 1 244 1 293 1 327 994 998 1 209 Saatly region 2 064 2 123 2 123 1 700 1 995 2 247 Sabirabad region 2 812 2 951 3 047 2 446 2 522 2 490 Salyan region 1 763 1 843 1 909 1 841 1 903 1 918 Ujar region 1 679 1 727 1 845 1 748 1 495 1 799 Yevlakh region 2 096 2 494 3 164 3 527 3 546 4 717 Zardab region 1 849 1 866 1 870 1 713 1 781 1 816 Yukhari Garabagh economic region 1 555 1 891 2 078 1 094 1 387 1 701 Agdam region … 247 444 444 444 444 Fuzuli region ------Terter region 1 555 1 644 1 634 650 943 1 257 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 8 954 9 764 11 031 11 150 11 826 12 317 Agsu region 983 1 013 1 269 1 088 1 199 1 389 Ismayilly region 5 142 5 752 6 462 6 907 7 256 7 241 Gobustan region 1 071 1 175 1 328 1 321 1 411 1 545 Shamakhy region 1 758 1 824 1 972 1 834 1 960 2 142 Nakhchivan economic region 10 412 11 984 12 536 13 804 15 723 17 682 14.8 Number telephone lines per 100 families, units

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 34 34 34 35 36 39

Baku sity 51 57 58 60 63 71

Absheron economic region 27 34 35 36 40 45 Absheron region 36 35 35 35 41 52 Khyzy region - 26 28 25 23 26 Sumgayit city 26 34 36 37 41 44

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 30 34 34 34 35 37 Agstafa region 26 20 18 18 18 18 Dashkesen region 26 28 27 26 26 27 Gedabey region 21 26 25 23 23 24 Ganja city 30 44 46 47 49 53 Goranboy region 27 29 30 31 34 34 Khanlar region 66 27 26 27 27 28 Gazakh region 34 34 34 34 32 34 Naftalan city 63 82 81 77 78 80 Samukh region - 35 35 35 35 36 Shamkir region 32 33 33 32 32 34 Tovuz region 33 32 31 32 32 32 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 27 47 47 47 47 47 Balaken region 13 13 14 12 14 14 Gakh region 31 30 29 29 29 35 Gabala region 22 23 23 23 22 22 Oghuz region 24 24 24 24 25 28 Sheki region 37 38 38 38 38 39 Zagatala region 26 26 26 25 25 26 Lankaran economic region 29 33 33 33 34 35 Astara region 24 24 24 24 24 25 Jalilabad region 21 19 19 18 18 19 Lerik region 30 39 38 37 38 41 Lankaran region 41 50 50 50 51 52 Masally region 22 29 31 32 34 36 Yardymly region 37 34 33 33 32 35

14.8 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 19 20 19 19 19 23 Devechi region 23 14 14 14 17 24 Khachmaz region 20 23 21 21 20 21 Guba region 17 16 17 16 17 23 Gusar region 24 23 22 21 21 21 Siyazan region - 20 21 22 26 35

Aran economic region 28 28 28 28 28 29 Agjabedi region 15 16 17 17 18 21 Agdash region 26 24 24 23 23 23 Barda region 26 24 23 23 23 23 Beylagan region 29 28 28 28 29 30 Bilasuvar region 34 30 30 30 29 30 Ali Bayramly city 34 42 43 44 47 50 Geychay region 32 29 28 28 29 29 Hajigabul region - 22 22 23 23 27 Imishly region 26 25 25 25 25 25 Kurdamir region 23 21 19 17 18 18 Mingechevir city 53 61 61 61 63 66 Neftchala region 19 23 22 23 23 24 Saatly region 28 26 26 26 28 28 Sabirabad region 24 21 19 19 19 19 Salyan region 34 32 31 31 31 28 Ujar region 27 26 27 27 27 27 Yevlakh region 30 30 31 22 32 32 Zardab region 37 32 31 30 30 31

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 21 … … … … … Agdam region 24 … … … … … Fuzuli region 21 … … … … … Terter region 15 11 10 11 13 15 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 35 36 36 36 36 38 Agsu region 28 30 29 29 28 29 Ismayilly region 40 45 48 49 51 54 Gobustan region 28 22 22 20 20 21 Shamakhy region 37 37 36 35 33 34 Nakhchivan economic region 26 26 26 26 26 31

14.8 Number telephone lines per 100 families, units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 43 46 49 49 52 56

Baku sity 78 83 90 96 99 106

Absheron economic region 49 58 62 65 71 78 Absheron region 54 66 62 67 86 90 Khyzy region 30 31 33 34 39 41 Sumgayit city 49 57 64 69 67 71

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 40 42 44 42 45 49 Agstafa region 20 22 22 21 23 26 Dashkesen region 28 30 32 25 28 31 Gedabey region 24 24 25 23 25 26 Ganja city 60 64 67 69 74 77 Goranboy region 36 38 39 37 40 45 Khanlar region 37 40 44 45 46 47 Gazakh region 34 41 44 47 53 62 Naftalan city 88 99 99 99 99 100 Samukh region 38 39 40 41 42 47 Shamkir region 35 36 37 23 25 29 Tovuz region 33 35 35 35 37 40 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 30 34 37 38 44 47 Balaken region 14 15 17 17 20 22 Gakh region 39 45 46 51 58 62 Gabala region 22 23 23 21 23 31 Oghuz region 34 37 37 40 42 45 Sheki region 40 50 54 52 59 61 Zagatala region 26 30 34 40 50 52 Lankaran economic region 37 40 41 40 43 45 Astara region 26 26 25 27 29 30 Jalilabad region 21 22 22 15 19 20 Lerik region 44 46 45 40 40 42 Lankaran region 54 59 61 59 61 64 Masally region 38 42 46 52 56 60 Yardymly region 35 38 35 28 34 33

14.8 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 25 27 28 29 31 33 Devechi region 27 28 30 32 33 35 Khachmaz region 22 23 24 25 27 28 Guba region 28 29 31 33 34 39 Gusar region 23 24 27 27 28 29 Siyazan region 36 37 37 36 41 43

Aran economic region 31 33 35 31 33 36 Agjabedi region 23 22 22 16 19 19 Agdash region 24 25 25 21 23 26 Barda region 24 27 36 34 37 40 Beylagan region 31 34 37 36 41 44 Bilasuvar region 31 31 31 28 31 32 Ali Bayramly city 51 53 58 59 59 62 Geychay region 31 32 34 33 36 38 Hajigabul region 28 30 30 28 26 28 Imishly region 26 27 27 22 25 24 Kurdamir region 19 21 22 20 23 26 Mingechevir city 76 86 87 74 73 78 Neftchala region 24 25 26 23 26 32 Saatly region 28 28 28 26 27 28 Sabirabad region 21 22 22 20 21 21 Salyan region 29 30 30 28 30 29 Ujar region 30 31 32 29 29 32 Yevlakh region 38 44 44 48 48 52 Zardab region 36 36 35 32 33 35

Yukhari Garabagh economic region … … … … … … Agdam region … … … … … … Fuzuli region … … … … … … Terter region 16 17 16 12 14 16 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 40 42 46 45 48 48 Agsu region 30 30 32 30 33 34 Ismayilly region 58 63 67 70 73 72 Gobustan region 24 25 27 27 29 30 Shamakhy region 36 37 42 38 41 43 Nakhchivan economic region 39 42 46 45 48 51 * 14.9 Number telephone lines per 100 urban families, units

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 47 50 51 52 54 60

Baku sity 51 57 58 60 63 71

Absheron economic region 28 35 36 37 42 46 Absheron region 41 39 38 39 47 61 Khyzy region - 40 41 37 37 40 Sumgayit city 26 34 36 37 41 44

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 39 49 50 51 53 56 Agstafa region 79 68 66 66 71 66 Dashkesen region 38 41 40 40 42 43 Gedabey region 44 46 42 45 45 43 Ganja city 30 44 46 47 49 53 Goranboy region 35 56 61 61 76 75 Khanlar region 90 47 46 45 45 45 Gazakh region 70 76 76 76 78 87 Naftalan city 63 82 81 77 78 80 Samukh region - 47 47 46 53 55 Shamkir region 43 48 47 48 49 52 Tovuz region 64 67 67 69 73 73

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 56 57 58 58 59 63 Balaken region 36 34 43 41 43 43 Gakh region 36 38 38 38 39 69 Gabala region 46 60 60 60 59 60 Oghuz region 56 56 56 53 61 74 Sheki region 65 69 68 69 69 70 Zagatala region 57 49 50 49 50 50 Lankaran economic region 57 66 67 67 70 71 Astara region 46 43 43 43 45 47 Jalilabad region 35 31 31 31 33 33 Lerik region 36 39 40 41 41 42 Lankaran region 64 79 79 80 82 84 Masally region 56 67 69 70 71 72 Yardymly region 46 52 53 53 55 58

14.9 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 31 35 36 36 39 49 Devechi region 29 16 17 17 23 36 Khachmaz region 35 41 41 41 41 40 Guba region 35 38 40 40 45 76 Gusar region 49 49 52 49 51 51 Siyazan region - 22 23 26 33 45

Aran economic region 47 50 51 51 52 53 Agjabedi region 17 27 32 32 36 46 Agdash region 55 52 51 50 51 51 Barda region 54 59 59 59 59 61 Beylagan region 57 52 52 52 53 53 Bilasuvar region 58 64 63 63 66 66 Ali Bayramly city 34 42 43 44 47 50 Geychay region 57 52 52 52 53 54 Hajigabul region 6 42 43 43 47 53 Imishly region 51 51 51 51 52 53 Kurdamir region 68 64 62 64 60 62 Mingechevir city 53 61 61 61 63 62 Neftchala region 23 29 28 30 32 32 Saatly region 70 71 71 69 71 69 Sabirabad region 56 43 43 41 43 42 Salyan region 55 59 58 59 59 57 Ujar region 64 64 69 67 70 71 Yevlakh region 42 38 40 41 43 44 Zardab region 76 59 58 58 59 57

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 47 ...... … Agdam region 60 ...... … Fuzuli region 21 … … … … … Terter region 28 27 26 26 27 27

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 68 65 66 66 70 71 Agsu region 68 73 69 68 71 71 Ismayilly region 42 44 47 53 56 59 Gobustan region 73 53 44 45 59 54 Shamakhy region 59 53 52 51 52 55 Nakhchivan economic region 45 54 56 56 57 74 14.9 Number telephone lines per 100 urban families, units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 66 70 75 75 79 84

Baku sity 78 83 90 96 99 106

Absheron economic region 52 60 65 67 73 80 Absheron region 68 78 74 72 92 96 Khyzy region 44 47 48 46 47 50 Sumgayit city 49 57 64 69 67 71

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 62 65 68 65 69 73 Agstafa region 73 80 80 57 63 69 Dashkesen region 47 49 50 37 45 50 Gedabey region 47 49 50 48 52 56 Ganja city 60 64 67 69 74 77 Goranboy region 79 80 80 73 80 93 Khanlar region 51 62 67 64 65 66 Gazakh region 88 89 91 92 94 95 Naftalan city 88 99 99 99 99 100 Samukh region 57 60 57 44 44 48 Shamkir region 53 53 59 41 38 43 Tovuz region 77 78 77 76 86 93

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 66 73 79 76 80 72 Balaken region 50 68 63 65 60 60 Gakh region 74 80 81 78 97 98 Gabala region 64 61 61 76 89 37 Oghuz region 87 90 91 91 90 92 Sheki region 73 82 91 85 89 91 Zagatala region 50 53 61 58 56 55

Lankaran economic region 75 79 79 72 77 80 Astara region 47 49 46 47 51 53 Jalilabad region 39 39 39 28 38 39 Lerik region 43 44 48 49 97 98 Lankaran region 87 95 98 89 92 98 Masally region 74 76 78 79 79 80 Yardymly region 59 61 63 63 61 62 14.9 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 53 54 56 54 57 60 Devechi region 43 44 43 43 45 47 Khachmaz region 41 42 44 44 47 47 Guba region 86 86 86 73 73 86 Gusar region 55 59 67 66 72 73 Siyazan region 47 48 48 47 54 57

Aran economic region 60 63 64 57 60 63 Agjabedi region 54 48 48 38 42 44 Agdash region 53 54 56 50 53 59 Barda region 64 67 80 81 86 88 Beylagan region 53 53 52 38 44 39 Bilasuvar region 68 68 68 63 66 71 Ali Bayramly city 51 53 58 59 59 62 Geychay region 60 63 69 67 76 79 Hajigabul region 56 59 60 52 50 52 Imishly region 58 59 58 50 54 48 Kurdamir region 65 69 74 61 65 67 Mingechevir city 76 86 87 74 73 78 Neftchala region 33 34 36 32 39 50 Saatly region 69 69 69 69 67 66 Sabirabad region 51 51 51 52 56 56 Salyan region 59 59 59 44 48 48 Ujar region 77 79 81 68 77 82 Yevlakh region 55 64 58 62 58 62 Zardab region 69 71 68 62 66 73

Yukhari Garabagh economic region ...... … … Agdam region … … … … … … Fuzuli region … … … … … … Terter region 27 27 27 28 29 31

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 76 77 82 75 78 82 Agsu region 77 74 75 70 68 79 Ismayilly region 63 64 69 72 74 73 Gobustan region 55 55 55 52 57 58 Shamakhy region 58 59 70 59 65 67

Nakhchivan economic region 85 88 88 87 84 88 14.10 Number telephone lines per 100 rural families, units

1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Total 17 14 14 14 14 14

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 20 20 22 20 22 23 Absheron region 25 24 24 23 26 27 Khyzy region - 8 12 10 9 11 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 23 21 21 20 20 21 Agstafa region 13 9 7 7 6 7 Dashkesen region 16 16 15 15 15 15 Gedabey region 18 23 22 20 20 21 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 24 20 21 21 22 22 Khanlar region 56 15 14 17 17 17 Gazakh region 22 21 21 21 18 18 Naftalan city ------Samukh region - 31 30 30 29 31 Shamkir region 26 25 25 24 23 24 Tovuz region 25 23 23 23 23 23

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 16 16 16 15 15 16 Balaken region 9 10 10 10 9 9 Gakh region 29 27 26 26 25 25 Gabala region 17 16 16 16 16 16 Oghuz region 16 15 16 17 16 17 Sheki region 14 15 15 15 14 16 Zagatala region 15 17 17 16 15 17

Lankaran economic region 18 21 21 21 22 23 Astara region 16 18 17 18 18 18 Jalilabad region 15 13 12 12 12 13 Lerik region 20 30 30 29 30 33 Lankaran region 22 29 29 28 28 29 Masally region 16 20 21 22 23 26 Yardymly region 27 23 23 23 22 25 14.10 1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 12 12 11 10 10 10 Devechi region 17 12 12 12 12 13 Khachmaz region 12 12 9 9 9 9 Guba region 11 10 10 10 10 9 Gusar region 16 14 12 11 11 11 Siyazan region - 16.1 16.3 15.5 14.8 16.7

Aran economic region 16 14 13 13 13 13 Agjabedi region 15 10 10 9 9 9 Agdash region 11 11 11 10 10 10 Barda region 15 11 10 10 10 10 Beylagan region 21 21 21 21 22 23 Bilasuvar region 23 18 18 18 17 18 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 19 17 16 16 17 17 Hajigabul region 7 7 7 7 7 8 Imishly region 11 9 9 9 9 8 Kurdamir region 10 8 4 3 6 6 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 16 16 16 15 15 16 Saatly region 16 14 14 14 16 16 Sabirabad region 16 15 12 13 12 13 Salyan region 21 15 15 15 15 12 Ujar region 15 15 15 15 14 14 Yevlakh region 17 22 21 20 20 20 Zardab region 24 23 22 22 22 22

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 11 … … … … … Agdam region 13 … … … … … Fuzuli region 11 … … … … … Terter region 9 4 2 3 6 9

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 22 24 24 23 23 24 Agsu region 11 12 11 12 11 11 Ismayilly region 28 33 35 35 36 39 Gobustan region 25 19 19 17 16 17 Shamakhy region 20 25 23 22 19 19

Nakhchivan economic region 17 14 13 13 13 14 14.10 Number telephone lines per 100 rural families, units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 16 17 19 18 21 23

Baku sity ------

Absheron economic region 18 31 27 39 48 51 Absheron region 18 35 30 47 55 59 Khyzy region 14 15 17 20 29 31 Sumgayit city ------

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 21 24 25 22 25 28 Agstafa region 7 8 8 9 10 12 Dashkesen region 15 17 19 17 17 18 Gedabey region 21 21 22 20 21 22 Ganja city ------Goranboy region 24 24 27 26 28 32 Khanlar region 23 27 31 33 34 34 Gazakh region 20 27 30 30 38 49 Naftalan city ------Samukh region 32 33 34 40 42 46 Shamkir region 25 27 26 13 18 21 Tovuz region 23 25 26 26 26 28

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 17 20 22 24 31 36 Balaken region 9 8 11 10 14 16 Gakh region 28 34 36 42 46 49 Gabala region 16 16 16 11 13 28 Oghuz region 21 24 25 28 31 34 Sheki region 17 26 28 30 38 40 Zagatala region 17 21 24 33 47 51

Lankaran economic region 24 27 29 29 32 33 Astara region 19 19 19 20 22 23 Jalilabad region 13 15 15 10 10 12 Lerik region 35 36 36 32 32 33 Lankaran region 30 33 34 37 38 40 Masally region 28 32 37 43 47 52 Yardymly region 26 27 27 17 27 27 14.10 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 13 14 16 17 18 20 Devechi region 14 16 20 23 24 26 Khachmaz region 12 12 14 12 13 16 Guba region 13 14 17 20 22 25 Gusar region 13 14 14 14 15 15 Siyazan region 17 18 17 16 17 17

Aran economic region 14 15 16 15 16 18 Agjabedi region 9 10 10 5 8 8 Agdash region 11 11 11 8 9 11 Barda region 10 13 20 17 20 23 Beylagan region 25 29 32 35 39 47 Bilasuvar region 19 19 20 18 20 20 Ali Bayramly city ------Geychay region 18 18 18 17 18 19 Hajigabul region 9 9 10 6 6 7 Imishly region 8 9 9 6 8 11 Kurdamir region 7 7 8 7 10 14 Mingechevir city ------Neftchala region 16 16 17 13 13 15 Saatly region 17 18 17 14 16 18 Sabirabad region 14 14 14 11 12 11 Salyan region 13 13 13 15 15 15 Ujar region 16 16 17 17 14 17 Yevlakh region 20 24 30 33 37 43 Zardab region 26 26 25 23 23 23

Yukhari Garabagh economic region … … … … … … Agdam region … … … … … … Fuzuli region … … … … … … Terter region 11 11 11 4 5 8

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 26 29 32 32 34 34 Agsu region 12 12 15 13 15 16 Ismayilly region 44 48 53 57 59 58 Gobustan region 20 21 24 24 25 26 Shamakhy region 29 21 22 22 23 24

Nakhchivan economic region 20 23 24 27 31 34

15.1 Number of trunk calls, million calls

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 58 013 83 960 111 853 145 777 156 940 185 793

Baku sity 25 393 46 285 66 614 91 487 91 317 101 870

Absheron economic region 3 637 4 519 5 635 7 639 9 326 11 919 Absheron region 761 827 1 028 1 404 2 068 2 697 Khyzy region … - 95 134 174 194 Sumgayit city 2 876 3 692 4 512 6 101 7 084 9 028

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 6 556 8 116 10 364 12 646 15 232 18 126 Agstafa region 200 269 412 575 586 767 Dashkesen region 158 166 196 210 262 334 Gedabey region 223 280 352 401 509 539 Ganja city 3 002 3 964 5 401 6 597 7 940 9 139 Goranboy region 421 570 650 712 854 980 Khanlar region 352 492 590 706 934 1 086 Gazakh region 748 710 829 988 1 374 1 932 Naftalan city 190 212 271 357 369 427 Samukh region 190 262 293 330 471 607 Shamkir region 593 656 718 885 912 1 024 Tovuz region 479 535 652 885 1 021 1 290 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 3 319 3 953 4 397 5 297 6 932 8 596 Balaken region 345 473 523 549 718 334 Gakh region 336 381 411 605 780 983 Gabala region 338 410 438 470 624 937 Oghuz region 262 370 422 434 508 622 Sheki region 1 351 1 478 1 612 1 966 2 376 3 219 Zagatala region 687 841 991 1 273 1 926 2 501 Lankaran economic region 4 779 4 665 5 156 6 144 7 185 8 427 Astara region 378 450 561 588 723 872 Jalilabad region 526 573 602 653 779 613 Lerik region 152 240 315 318 368 548 Lankaran region 2 386 1 956 2 025 2 763 3 198 3 866 Masally region 1 221 1 316 1 474 1 635 1 896 2 292 Yardymly region 116 130 179 187 221 236

15.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 2 974 3 405 3 740 4 071 5 039 10 945 Devechi region 396 442 447 431 542 661 Khachmaz region 818 915 932 1 095 1 274 1 503 Guba region 1 104 1 286 1 437 1 562 1 983 2 323 Gusar region 396 467 596 652 825 983 Siyazan region 261 295 328 331 415 5 474

Aran economic region 7 445 9 136 11 299 13 238 15 689 18 849 Agjabedi region 290 308 444 587 588 622 Agdash region 291 345 358 436 532 647 Barda region 877 1 337 1 653 1 755 1 949 2 168 Beylagan region 450 548 643 788 1 011 1 176 Bilasuvar region 323 337 428 433 493 535 Ali Bayramly city 597 606 626 1 072 1 359 1 541 Geychay region 648 793 963 1 070 1 286 1 519 Hajigabul region 242 190 264 282 328 397 Imishly region 447 496 504 542 599 710 Kurdamir region 434 522 654 733 823 971 Mingechevir city 658 920 1 378 1 804 2 270 2 679 Neftchala region 273 306 311 349 496 687 Saatly region 190 271 430 432 493 582 Sabirabad region 291 318 476 519 644 697 Salyan region 445 497 480 510 576 729 Ujar region 284 346 403 428 480 605 Yevlakh region 516 767 1 048 1 243 1 453 2 182 Zardab region 190 230 237 255 309 402

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 378 446 496 539 752.2 916.4 Agdam region ...... 3.2 3.4 Fuzuli region ...... 214 287 Terter region 378 446 496 539 535 626

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 1 363 1 745 1 907 2 215 2 706 3 187 Agsu region 192 277 357 427 549 608 Ismayilly region 505 656 725 827 1 012 1 218 Gobustan region 127 149 182 167 233 317 Shamakhy region 539 662 643 794 912 1 044 Nakhchivan economic region 2 169 1 691 2 246 2 501 2 762 2 958 16.1 Number of posting, thousand units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

31 Total 34 290 011 26 225 27 602 21 346 25 499

19 Baku sity 22 070 086 14 019 15 391 10 778 13 695

Absheron economic region 1 312 1 125 1 017 1 076 991 1 198 Absheron region 119.7 126.0 320.6 232.2 594.1 1 001.2 Khyzy region … … … 5.9 6.0 7.6 Sumgayit city 1 192.1 999.0 796.4 838.2 391.0 189.4

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 3 695 3 902 3 062 3 209 2 463 1 978 Agstafa region 136.2 133.7 107.5 113.1 135.9 147.3 Dashkesen region 51.5 13.0 69.8 73.5 71.7 56.3 Gedabey region 57.9 67.3 122.8 129.2 83.5 89.2 2 Ganja city 2 187.8 342.9 1 550.0 1 631.4 849.2 373.1 Goranboy region 109.1 91.5 118.8 125.5 187.5 201.3 Khanlar region 203.8 201.4 192.9 212.5 126.9 109.4 Gazakh region 120.9 127.2 175.6 184.8 200.0 196.9 Naftalan city 32.0 45.8 37.2 26.3 15.6 8.7 Samukh region 49.2 57.3 58.4 61.5 76.2 69.8 Shamkir region 491.7 599.7 381.1 401.1 473.2 440.6 Tovuz region 254.6 222.4 247.5 249.8 243.0 285.7 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 968 949 915 960 805 834 Balaken region 178.9 158.5 169.0 177.9 198.7 168.9 Gakh region 47.5 55.9 49.9 65.9 97.8 85.2 Gabala region 184.1 257.2 184.7 138.9 110.5 146.3 Oghuz region 112.7 80.0 98.1 88.2 70.1 81.2 Sheki region 207.1 172.2 199.5 264.2 132.3 184.6 Zagatala region 237.6 224.9 213.6 224.8 195.6 167.3 Lankaran economic region 965 950 1 104 1 151 1 169 1 322 Astara region 199.2 174.0 196.7 180.5 163.9 224.0 Jalilabad region 91.3 105.9 126.0 160.5 174.0 262.1 Lerik region 204.7 196.8 125.8 119.2 129.0 130.4 Lankaran region 224.2 233.8 306.8 322.9 426.0 448.9 Masally region 85.1 89.2 241.2 255.3 138.6 132.4 Yardymly region 160.2 150.4 107.2 112.8 137.6 124.0

16.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 891 829 787 774 683 741 Devechi region 116.6 98.0 103.8 110.9 108.8 102.9 Khachmaz region 333.9 299.1 245.8 258.7 216.3 247.7 Guba region 186.0 175.2 230.6 246.8 209.9 278.1 Gusar region 236.6 238.9 165.0 113.8 109.3 88.0 Siyazan region 17.8 17.9 41.8 44.0 38.3 24.2

Aran economic region 3 175 2 892 2 900 2 977 2 657 2 815 Agjabedi region 289.2 288.8 175.8 247.7 249.7 211.2 Agdash region 168.0 159.2 117.6 134.7 131.4 135.9 Barda region 188.6 225.3 197.6 193.5 102.0 94.9 Beylagan region 51.3 24.3 54.3 48.3 40.1 39.2 Bilasuvar region 52.6 53.1 64.2 58.6 43.9 22.4 Ali Bayramly city 157.5 142.7 131.5 138.4 143.5 210.0 Geychay region 299.7 253.9 234.2 246.5 211.2 238.4 Hajigabul region 13.7 11.9 16.8 17.7 15.1 23.1 Imishly region 102.9 104.7 101.1 127.0 102.8 153.7 Kurdamir region 233.1 142.9 131.1 138.0 120.1 143.4 Mingechevir city 95.7 87.5 106.4 112.0 120.3 161.0 Neftchala region 206.5 187.1 199.0 197.7 240.9 244.6 Saatly region 346.4 332.7 334.0 351.5 239.6 137.4 Sabirabad region 330.8 314.2 312.6 264.1 214.5 208.8 Salyan region 363.2 318.9 389.3 374.2 345.7 374.0 Ujar region 95.9 82.6 116.1 122.2 144.2 199.9 Yevlakh region 111.9 138.0 155.7 151.5 159.8 163.4 Zardab region 67.5 23.9 62.9 53.4 31.9 54.1

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 114 113 117 198 156 167 Agdam region … … … 21.4 23.3 25.7 Fuzuli region … … … 17.5 19.1 35.0 Terter region 114.3 113.2 117.1 158.7 113.9 106.1 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 405 431 540 552 415 466 Agsu region 87.0 146.4 221.3 232.9 162.8 147.8 Ismayilly region 143.1 126.0 142.0 138.4 109.4 138.4 Gobustan region 5.8 7.9 17.4 18.3 13.4 20.7 Shamakhy region 168.6 151.1 159.1 162.5 129.6 158.8 Nakhchivan economic region 697 734 1 765 1 314 1 229 2 283 17.1 Number of sending telegrams, thousand units

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 387.7 281.1 287.8 267.9 202.4 221.1

Baku sity 136.4 97.5 126.2 109.3 88.2 96.9

Absheron economic region 12.8 10.7 8.7 8.6 8.5 4.8 Absheron region 3.4 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.8 0.2 Khyzy region ...... 0.2 0.3 0.4 Sumgayit city 9.4 8.0 6.0 5.8 6.4 4.2

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 57.6 36.3 38.6 37.1 25.4 28.2 Agstafa region 4.3 4.0 3.0 1.8 0.8 1.5 Dashkesen region 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.6 Gedabey region 3.8 2.8 2.0 1.3 1.1 0.3 Ganja city 28.8 14.3 17.2 17.3 7.1 8.1 Goranboy region 3.5 2.7 2.8 2.6 1.8 1.8 Khanlar region 2.3 1.9 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.4 Gazakh region 2.5 1.4 1.9 1.8 3.3 4.6 Naftalan city 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.5 Samukh region 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 Shamkir region 3.3 2.4 2.9 3.6 2.0 2.2 Tovuz region 5.7 3.9 3.9 4.7 6.4 6.7

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 26.7 19.3 16.4 14.9 10.6 9.2 Balaken region 2.2 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.4 1.1 Gakh region 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.6 Gabala region 4.6 4.9 4.0 3.1 2.3 1.4 Oghuz region 4.3 3.6 2.6 1.9 1.1 0.6 Sheki region 11.2 6.2 5.3 4.8 3.7 4.0 Zagatala region 2.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.5 Lankaran economic region 25.4 19.6 16.6 18.3 15.5 16.7 Astara region 4.2 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.4 Jalilabad region 3.3 2.5 3.4 4.4 3.1 2.4 Lerik region 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.6 1.2 Lankaran region 5.5 4.3 4.5 6.1 5.0 5.3 Masally region 8.3 6.1 4.0 3.3 2.9 3.1 Yardymly region 3.0 2.3 1.0 0.9 1.5 1.3

17.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 16.3 14.2 13.8 15.6 9.0 8.6 Devechi region 1.1 1.0 1.3 1.8 0.7 1.2 Khachmaz region 6.2 5.3 5.5 4.5 2.7 1.2 Guba region 3.1 2.6 2.5 3.4 2.0 2.1 Gusar region 4.6 4.1 3.3 2.7 1.7 3.6 Siyazan region 1.3 1.2 1.2 3.2 1.9 0.5

Aran economic region 72.2 51.8 41.9 38.6 30.0 34.8 Agjabedi region 3.9 4.0 2.4 3.2 1.7 2.9 Agdash region 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9 1.9 Barda region 6.7 5.8 4.3 3.8 2.2 3.5 Beylagan region 7.8 5.8 3.5 2.2 2.4 2.0 Bilasuvar region 6.2 4.8 5.9 4.8 2.5 3.5 Ali Bayramly city 6.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 1.7 2.0 Geychay region 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.8 Hajigabul region 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 Imishly region 6.2 4.5 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.0 Kurdamir region 2.8 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.2 Mingechevir city 8.3 5.1 3.3 3.1 3.7 4.0 Neftchala region 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.7 Saatly region 3.1 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.7 0.9 Sabirabad region 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.3 Salyan region 3.1 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.4 Ujar region 2.8 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.1 Yevlakh region 1.4 1.6 2.6 2.4 1.5 2.2 Zardab region 4.4 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.6 1.0 Yukhari Garabagh economic region 3.4 2.7 2.8 4.0 2.2 3.7 Agdam region ...... 0.7 0.8 0.8 Fuzuli region ...... 0.4 0.4 0.9 Terter region 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.9 1.0 2.0

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 17.2 12.0 8.8 6.3 2.9 3.0 Agsu region 6.9 4.3 2.5 2.3 0.7 0.9 Ismayilly region 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.0 1.0 1.0 Gobustan region 3.1 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 Shamakhy region 3.1 2.5 2.4 1.1 0.9 0.8 Nakhchivan economic region 21.5 18.2 13.1 17.4 10.2 15.2

18.1 Income from communication services (at real prices), thousand manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 153955 170 913 200 192 246 285 323 718 461 113

Baku sity 137122 152 871 180 965 225 389 298 589 432 855

Absheron economic region 2 290 2 563 2 682 2 995 3 763 4 122 Absheron region 480.4 587.7 701.5 724.6 1 235.4 1 230.8 Khyzy region 26.4 36.8 34.4 37.1 51.2 63.9 Sumgayit city 1 783.3 1 938.1 1 945.8 2 233.8 2 476.7 2 835.5

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 3 792 4 062 4 183 4 442 5 118 5 784 Agstafa region 175.9 181.8 186.9 201.2 202.8 254.4 Dashkesen region 53.7 69.7 71.7 79.1 94.4 121.2 Gedabey region 126.0 137.4 140.5 145.4 194.3 204.0 Ganja city 2 097.3 2 203.1 2 254.1 2 304.4 2 576.0 2 789.5 Goranboy region 189.7 209.7 231.6 256.8 304.3 351.4 Khanlar region 167.4 183.9 201.7 241.2 301.7 299.7 Gazakh region 265.1 296.3 298.9 313.2 436.1 560.4 Naftalan city 71.6 83.7 91.4 96.6 101.5 107.5 Samukh region 82.4 101.9 109.3 113.0 140.2 178.9 Shamkir region 318.0 332.6 334.2 400.4 418.9 474.5 Tovuz region 244.4 261.8 262.7 290.6 347.6 442.7

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 1 432 1 571 1 771 1 999 2 793 2 965 Balaken region 181.5 190.3 219.0 250.6 303.7 327.5 Gakh region 159.7 166.3 178.9 195.1 260.6 340.1 Gabala region 156.9 162.3 178.4 201.3 291.5 363.6 Oghuz region 115.4 133.1 141.3 149.1 169.4 192.4 Sheki region 483.7 552.0 641.8 701.8 907.0 914.9 Zagatala region 334.8 367.1 411.8 500.9 861.1 826.1 Lankaran economic region 2 099 2 179 2 318 2 443 2 964 3 175 Astara region 223.8 233.8 241.7 248.3 318.1 352.4 Jalilabad region 217.0 210.6 211.1 233.9 280.6 318.1 Lerik region 92.6 113.8 114.4 128.4 162.7 209.3 Lankaran region 875.9 916.4 929.1 983.7 1 191.6 1 235.5 Masally region 624.2 629.6 743.4 767.0 908.0 949.6 Yardymly region 65.3 75.2 78.4 81.8 102.9 109.7

18.1 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 1 226 1 275 1 341 1 476 1 761 1 997 Devechi region 120.0 125.7 132.5 147.7 166.6 200.0 Khachmaz region 343.5 349.2 361.0 423.1 475.8 561.6 Guba region 491.6 512.1 514.2 539.1 687.7 732.9 Gusar region 197.7 208.1 223.3 251.1 294.0 329.2 Siyazan region 73.2 79.6 109.6 114.6 136.4 173.6

Aran economic region 3 692 4 013 4 412 4 647 5 395 6 300 Agjabedi region 247.6 255.2 260.8 230.0 257.1 265.2 Agdash region 150.1 165.6 168.1 177.7 207.7 271.7 Barda region 350.2 386.6 472.5 495.7 554.6 588.0 Beylagan region 178.4 193.7 216.2 218.9 309.8 327.1 Bilasuvar region 116.2 128.9 138.3 138.5 160.4 186.8 Ali Bayramly city 288.9 310.4 359.2 413.2 500.8 539.1 Geychay region 268.9 300.6 342.4 363.3 404.4 475.1 Hajigabul region 151.9 143.1 142.7 139.6 150.3 169.2 Imishly region 166.8 180.2 177.2 217.1 217.0 255.6 Kurdamir region 198.5 199.9 210.0 228.3 297.7 331.0 Mingechevir city 376.7 486.1 635.6 646.8 727.8 862.4 Neftchala region 113.7 123.5 130.3 145.8 194.7 289.7 Saatly region 147.9 148.1 151.6 161.0 168.4 184.4 Sabirabad region 203.6 220.5 226.8 235.5 236.2 261.4 Salyan region 203.3 205.1 206.8 207.5 236.1 271.4 Ujar region 163.5 160.6 163.8 164.6 188.6 222.0 Yevlakh region 282.5 319.3 320.0 371.6 467.9 653.6 Zardab region 83.5 85.8 89.9 91.9 115.3 146.4

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 260 277 308 330 333 390 Agdam region 57.0 60.3 66.3 66.4 63.9 66.3 Fuzuli region 67.5 77.2 86.8 96.6 92.1 124.0 Terter region 135.1 139.6 155.4 167.4 177.2 199.7 Daghlig Shirvan economic region 715 758 796 866 976 1 095 Agsu region 147.9 149.7 153.8 179.3 196.3 222.7 Ismayilly region 263.8 283.0 303.7 320.2 376.6 420.3 Gobustan region 56.7 58.0 60.8 61.3 77.1 101.3 Shamakhy region 246.5 267.2 277.9 305.2 326.3 351.0 Nakhchivan economic region 1 328 1 343 1 415 1 531 1 848 2 230

18.2 Income from activity of telecommunication enterprises, thousand manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 138 663 155 516 181216 224899 311 180 435 408

Baku sity 124 145 140 167 164937 207281 289 485 411 431

Absheron economic region 2 035 2 311 2 360 2 685 3 431 3 770 Absheron region 437.5 532.2 634.7 659.5 1 153.8 1 147.5 Khyzy region 26.4 36.8 34.4 37.1 51.2 56.1 Sumgayit city 1 571.0 1 742.3 1 690.9 1 988.3 2 225.7 2 566.3

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 3 375 3 533 3 631 3 847 4 468 5 079 Agstafa region 140.1 135.6 138.0 154.9 156.7 203.2 Dashkesen region 39.8 53.6 52.8 60.5 75.5 101.8 Gedabey region 93.4 100.6 101.5 110.1 154.4 157.9 Ganja city 1 984.7 2 045.9 2 112.8 2 117.3 2 346.6 2 573.8 Goranboy region 166.4 172.9 182.0 208.1 256.3 294.0 Khanlar region 125.9 146.7 161.6 202.3 261.0 252.6 Gazakh region 222.9 253.6 253.3 269.4 391.1 511.5 Naftalan city 64.5 76.1 82.6 87.6 92.3 98.4 Samukh region 70.1 86.6 92.8 96.3 122.8 157.6 Shamkir region 258.7 254.0 251.9 309.7 323.0 348.9 Tovuz region 208.4 207.3 201.6 231.3 288.8 379.3 Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 1 163 1 268 1 444 1 643 2 422 2 543 Balaken region 139.3 130.9 158.8 193.4 246.2 262.8 Gakh region 140.1 138.8 149.9 163.7 223.3 291.5 Gabala region 118.0 121.9 135.1 132.7 239.9 305.0 Oghuz region 87.9 105.3 110.7 118.5 139.0 157.2 Sheki region 421.4 486.9 569.2 625.6 825.5 825.9 Zagatala region 256.6 284.6 320.4 409.2 748.5 700.4 Lankaran economic region 1 776 1 805 1 915 2 041 2 525 2 669 Astara region 176.2 170.9 173.2 178.2 241.7 259.6 Jalilabad region 176.1 168.6 166.5 187.0 225.5 256.3 Lerik region 70.5 85.0 84.7 98.2 121.8 165.4 Lankaran region 763.3 789.5 793.3 845.8 1 049.3 1 063.8 Masally region 547.8 544.3 650.1 678.3 812.5 845.3 Yardymly region 41.8 46.6 47.4 53.7 73.9 78.9

18.2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 1 038 1 060 1 071 1 189 1 472 1 684 Devechi region 95.9 100.8 94.9 113.7 135.6 169.7 Khachmaz region 284.8 286.4 271.9 328.7 375.2 448.8 Guba region 443.4 445.7 442.8 462.0 612.0 651.5 Gusar region 146.8 158.0 164.2 185.7 234.6 265.4 Siyazan region 67.0 69.1 97.6 98.5 114.8 148.7

Aran economic region 3 096 3 258 3 607 3 770 4 514 5 268 Agjabedi region 197.3 188.3 191.6 169.0 200.7 207.9 Agdash region 106.6 117.9 117.5 129.0 155.3 199.4 Barda region 303.9 316.4 399.2 418.9 476.5 499.7 Beylagan region 158.1 164.3 185.5 189.2 271.6 288.4 Bilasuvar region 94.2 106.2 114.7 116.3 138.5 158.2 Ali Bayramly city 248.6 269.2 314.2 362.3 447.9 482.7 Geychay region 235.2 242.4 279.8 298.6 345.3 405.5 Hajigabul region 131.5 114.5 113.1 96.8 118.2 127.8 Imishly region 147.1 155.1 149.3 179.9 182.4 211.3 Kurdamir region 159.4 158.8 166.5 185.3 259.7 282.2 Mingechevir city 336.4 431.4 569.3 567.7 643.9 775.8 Neftchala region 86.5 87.9 91.7 100.9 148.7 234.7 Saatly region 117.9 114.5 114.6 122.8 139.6 153.0 Sabirabad region 159.7 166.7 177.0 170.3 169.4 186.8 Salyan region 160.1 154.3 153.1 144.3 170.2 196.4 Ujar region 134.8 129.3 127.8 121.0 142.3 166.7 Yevlakh region 247.8 270.0 268.3 323.4 408.9 573.4 Zardab region 70.9 70.6 74.1 74.2 94.9 118.1

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 228 237 256 291 294 355 Agdam region 57.0 60.3 66.3 66.4 63.9 66.3 Fuzuli region 67.5 77.2 86.8 96.6 92.1 124.0 Terter region 103.2 99.5 103.0 127.8 138.4 164.7

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 577 584 601 656 772 885 Agsu region 103.1 94.9 98.4 119.8 143.0 168.3 Ismayilly region 228.0 226.9 233.8 254.4 305.5 347.9 Gobustan region 41.9 41.3 42.6 42.5 57.1 79.3 Shamakhy region 204.2 220.8 225.9 239.3 266.0 289.2

Nakhchivan economic region 1 230 1 294 1 394 1 497 1 797 1 725 18.3 Income from activity of post enterprises, thousand manats

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 5 770 5 365 6 433 8 077 9 052 10 863

Baku sity 3 455 2 674 3 485 4 899 5 718 7 127

Absheron economic region 255 251 322 311 333 360 Absheron region 42.9 55.5 66.8 65.1 81.6 83.3 Khyzy region - - - - - 7.8 Sumgayit city 212.3 195.9 254.9 245.5 251.0 269.2

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 417 529 552 594 650 705 Agstafa region 35.9 46.2 48.9 46.3 46.1 51.2 Dashkesen region 14.0 16.1 18.9 18.6 18.9 19.4 Gedabey region 32.5 36.7 39.0 35.3 40.0 46.1 Ganja city 112.6 157.2 141.3 187.1 229.5 215.7 Goranboy region 23.4 36.8 49.6 48.6 48.1 57.4 Khanlar region 41.5 37.2 40.1 38.8 40.7 47.1 Gazakh region 42.2 42.7 45.7 43.8 45.1 48.9 Naftalan city 7.1 7.6 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.1 Samukh region 12.3 15.3 16.6 16.7 17.4 21.3 Shamkir region 59.3 78.6 82.3 90.7 95.9 125.6 Tovuz region 36.1 54.5 61.1 59.4 58.8 63.4

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 269 303 327 356 371 422 Balaken region 42.2 59.4 60.3 57.2 57.5 64.7 Gakh region 19.6 27.6 29.0 31.4 37.3 48.6 Gabala region 38.9 40.4 43.3 68.6 51.7 58.6 Oghuz region 27.4 27.8 30.6 30.6 30.4 35.2 Sheki region 62.2 65.1 72.6 76.3 81.5 89.0 Zagatala region 78.3 82.5 91.4 91.7 112.6 125.7

Lankaran economic region 323 374 403 402 439 505 Astara region 47.7 62.9 68.5 70.1 76.4 92.8 Jalilabad region 41.0 42.0 44.6 46.8 55.1 61.8 Lerik region 22.0 28.8 29.6 30.2 40.8 43.9 Lankaran region 112.6 126.9 135.8 138.0 142.3 171.7 Masally region 76.5 85.3 93.3 88.8 95.5 104.3 Yardymly region 23.5 28.5 31.0 28.1 29.0 30.8 18.3 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 188 215 269 287 288 313 Devechi region 24.1 24.9 37.6 34.0 31.0 30.3 Khachmaz region 58.7 62.7 89.0 94.3 100.7 112.8 Guba region 48.3 66.5 71.4 77.2 75.6 81.4 Gusar region 50.9 50.1 59.0 65.4 59.4 63.8 Siyazan region 6.2 10.5 12.0 16.1 21.6 24.9

Aran economic region 596 756 805 877 881 1 032 Agjabedi region 50.3 66.9 69.2 61.0 56.3 57.3 Agdash region 43.4 47.7 50.6 48.7 52.4 72.3 Barda region 46.3 70.2 73.2 76.8 78.2 88.3 Beylagan region 20.3 29.4 30.8 29.7 38.1 38.7 Bilasuvar region 22.0 22.7 23.6 22.2 21.8 28.6 Ali Bayramly city 40.3 41.3 45.0 50.9 53.0 56.4 Geychay region 33.7 58.2 62.6 64.7 59.1 69.6 Hajigabul region 20.4 28.6 29.6 42.8 32.1 41.4 Imishly region 19.7 25.1 27.9 37.2 34.6 44.3 Kurdamir region 39.0 41.1 43.5 43.0 38.0 48.8 Mingechevir city 40.3 54.7 66.3 79.1 83.9 86.6 Neftchala region 27.3 35.6 38.6 45.0 46.1 55.0 Saatly region 30.0 33.6 37.0 38.2 28.9 31.4 Sabirabad region 43.9 53.8 49.8 65.2 66.8 74.6 Salyan region 43.2 50.8 53.7 63.2 66.0 75.0 Ujar region 28.7 31.3 36.0 43.6 46.2 55.3 Yevlakh region 34.6 49.3 51.7 48.2 59.0 80.2 Zardab region 12.6 15.2 15.8 17.6 20.4 28.3

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 32 40 52 40 39 35 Agdam region … … … … … … Fuzuli region … … … … … … Terter region 31.9 40.1 52.4 39.7 38.8 35.0

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 138 174 196 210 205 211 Agsu region 44.7 54.7 55.4 59.5 53.3 54.4 Ismayilly region 35.8 56.1 69.9 65.8 71.2 72.4 Gobustan region 14.8 16.7 18.2 18.8 20.0 22.0 Shamakhy region 42.3 46.4 52.0 65.9 60.3 61.8

Nakhchivan economic region 97 50 21 34 51 61 19.1 Average annual number of workers in communication enterprises, person

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 16 983 16 339 17 095 17 912 19 982

Baku sity 7 261 6 942 7 189 7 055 8 557

Absheron economic region 546 499 505 782 759 Absheron region 118 107 107 125 144 Khyzy region 19 19 19 37 40 Sumgayit city 409 373 379 620 575

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 1 878 1 866 1 993 2 100 2 293 Agstafa region 122 123 130 151 159 Dashkesen region 81 87 81 81 86 Gedabey region 113 134 133 137 137 Ganja city 656 518 584 647 758 Goranboy region 172 163 171 171 181 Khanlar region 108 108 116 115 126 Gazakh region 112 156 155 165 203 Naftalan city 43 48 47 39 44 Samukh region 71 100 99 117 116 Shamkir region 218 227 262 259 259 Tovuz region 182 202 215 218 224

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 950 977 1 049 1 084 1 183 Balaken region 118 148 162 159 177 Gakh region 152 158 168 159 158 Gabala region 143 112 123 161 207 Oghuz region 107 99 98 108 108 Sheki region 261 279 281 280 301 Zagatala region 169 181 217 217 232

Lankaran economic region 1 218 1 216 1 277 1 335 1 398 Astara region 137 154 174 167 192 Jalilabad region 176 226 261 283 316 Lerik region 127 149 127 158 131 Lankaran region 356 302 306 311 338 Masally region 333 299 323 329 334 Yardymly region 89 86 86 87 87 19.1 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 781 782 868 950 978 Devechi region 78 80 86 86 87 Khachmaz region 262 252 303 363 373 Guba region 223 221 229 224 224 Gusar region 157 170 170 189 197 Siyazan region 61 59 80 88 97

Aran economic region 2 388 2 440 2 588 2 741 2 910 Agjabedi region 165 125 127 132 179 Agdash region 125 133 170 187 143 Barda region 213 244 253 278 306 Beylagan region 113 111 125 126 155 Bilasuvar region 111 116 112 113 129 Ali Bayramly city 105 102 121 133 138 Geychay region 154 146 165 163 169 Hajigabul region 79 69 70 77 103 Imishly region 140 154 139 142 147 Kurdamir region 138 134 136 141 164 Mingechevir city 205 180 187 216 216 Neftchala region 103 114 145 147 146 Saatly region 118 123 123 127 124 Sabirabad region 135 129 143 158 163 Salyan region 122 156 155 155 151 Ujar region 173 114 117 118 125 Yevlakh region 114 213 215 225 245 Zardab region 75 77 85 103 107

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 129 231 255 271 279 Agdam region … 72 72 72 72 Fuzuli region … 56 55 62 65 Terter region 129 103 128 137 142

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 544 579 571 627 653 Agsu region 149 151 151 169 180 Ismayilly region 189 217 217 219 220 Gobustan region 50 52 52 54 58 Shamakhy region 156 159 151 185 195

Nakhchivan economic region 902 709 666 738 754 19.2 Number of women workes communication enterprises, persons

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 6 429 5 936 5 997 6 146 6 724

Baku sity 3 429 3 252 3 219 3 251 3 699

Absheron economic region 335 280 306 309 339 Absheron region 59 56 52 55 59 Khyzy region 8 8 9 14 15 Sumgayit city 268 216 245 240 265

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 730 670 684 718 775 Agstafa region 42 43 48 53 50 Dashkesen region 28 33 32 28 31 Gedabey region 34 33 33 32 31 Ganja city 328 280 283 301 292 Goranboy region 70 46 41 48 52 Khanlar region 27 23 26 26 26 Gazakh region 44 68 72 70 89 Naftalan city 22 26 14 19 19 Samukh region 22 27 22 28 30 Shamkir region 67 47 62 60 92 Tovuz region 46 44 51 53 63

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 324 294 324 329 324 Balaken region 42 40 44 46 55 Gakh region 54 30 48 52 48 Gabala region 51 46 42 39 37 Oghuz region 32 28 28 28 23 Sheki region 81 73 80 83 79 Zagatala region 64 77 82 81 82

Lankaran economic region 230 196 191 188 209 Astara region 39 22 31 32 35 Jalilabad region 36 26 26 28 29 Lerik region 15 14 14 13 13 Lankaran region 90 78 71 72 87 Masally region 48 54 47 41 41 Yardymly region 2 2 2 2 4 19.2 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 237 222 229 231 224 Devechi region 42 34 39 36 24 Khachmaz region 79 77 82 89 83 Guba region 52 50 51 50 52 Gusar region 33 32 28 29 31 Siyazan region 31 29 29 27 34

Aran economic region 742 672 699 720 729 Agjabedi region 41 29 29 32 32 Agdash region 46 45 41 46 47 Barda region 86 76 86 91 84 Beylagan region 45 33 31 30 29 Bilasuvar region 15 15 14 16 15 Ali Bayramly city 62 48 47 45 51 Geychay region 48 49 70 69 59 Hajigabul region 38 32 32 36 36 Imishly region 21 13 15 17 17 Kurdamir region 48 39 39 33 41 Mingechevir city 97 83 91 94 97 Neftchala region 36 43 39 40 41 Saatly region 15 16 14 14 15 Sabirabad region 22 25 21 19 19 Salyan region 48 39 39 39 36 Ujar region 24 28 26 31 34 Yevlakh region 33 47 44 51 54 Zardab region 17 12 21 17 22

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 16 54 54 67 73 Agdam region … 18 18 18 18 Fuzuli region … 7 7 7 12 Terter region 16 29 29 42 43

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 147 128 121 149 160 Agsu region 34 33 34 57 63 Ismayilly region 47 49 50 49 52 Gobustan region 14 7 7 8 8 Shamakhy region 52 39 30 35 37

Nakhchivan economic region 212 159 162 171 175 20.1 Average monthly nominal wages of workes, manats

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 94.5 108.8 123.8 157.5 181.1

Baku sity 145.9 160.8 179.0 237.0 256.9

Absheron economic region Absheron region 41.6 59.5 63.0 64.2 131.2 Khyzy region 60.9 61.3 68.8 73.9 74.8 Sumgayit city 86.6 97.4 119.2 123.1 181.3

Ganja-Gazakh economic region Agstafa region 53.8 58.6 77.5 76.9 99.3 Dashkesen region 39.6 33.2 41.7 60.3 71.2 Gedabey region 40.3 57.3 67.9 87.5 88.2 Ganja city 94.1 115.3 113.6 128.0 140.5 Goranboy region 42.9 50.1 77.1 96.0 100.8 Khanlar region 47.5 58.1 75.3 94.9 103.1 Gazakh region 73.3 73.7 86.3 114.6 144.6 Naftalan city 53.3 52.1 61.1 112.1 121.8 Samukh region 53.8 47.8 62.4 86.7 106.9 Shamkir region 51.4 65.1 72.4 87.2 99.2 Tovuz region 58.1 62.6 76.2 98.9 121.9

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region Balaken region 55.3 75.1 87.5 114.1 129.1 Gakh region 52.3 56.0 69.8 89.8 122.6 Gabala region 37.4 48.8 71.9 113.0 142.5 Oghuz region 43.5 59.4 75.6 93.5 100.0 Sheki region 58.2 75.5 99.3 111.4 122.8 Zagatala region 56.7 63.7 88.6 119.9 138.7

Lankaran economic region Astara region 63.9 70.1 80.9 104.3 123.7 Jalilabad region 60.8 65.2 70.2 104.1 110.4 Lerik region 55.3 43.0 55.4 81.6 87.9 Lankaran region 66.0 84.3 96.7 118.5 128.8 Masally region 49.7 61.2 65.1 73.7 93.3 Yardymly region 40.9 39.8 47.1 61.3 78.7 20.1 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region Devechi region 63.9 65.4 70.5 92.8 173.7 Khachmaz region 47.3 51.8 63.0 93.1 108.4 Guba region 60.4 64.0 87.7 101.3 127.3 Gusar region 58.3 75.5 90.3 105.1 125.9 Siyazan region 40.8 54.6 75.6 99.4 111.6

Aran economic region Agjabedi region 43.7 54.9 59.9 73.4 66.2 Agdash region 48.3 48.8 51.0 49.5 81.1 Barda region 59.7 63.4 91.5 103.0 127.8 Beylagan region 47.3 48.9 69.6 97.4 99.8 Bilasuvar region 53.6 51.9 65.5 97.1 118.0 Ali Bayramly city 86.7 119.0 134.3 144.4 159.8 Geychay region 52.7 54.5 79.2 109.9 118.1 Hajigabul region 44.2 58.2 74.3 87.2 106.2 Imishly region 72.7 66.2 88.0 103.2 139.2 Kurdamir region 42.4 53.7 67.2 92.9 118.3 Mingechevir city 57.4 85.0 108.0 123.3 142.3 Neftchala region 60.9 61.7 64.3 92.0 114.0 Saatly region 39.9 53.3 56.8 71.4 66.5 Sabirabad region 42.6 51.2 62.1 82.0 115.2 Salyan region 39.2 41.6 50.7 67.4 79.3 Ujar region 56.7 55.9 60.5 90.6 110.3 Yevlakh region 59.8 75.2 80.0 90.2 97.3 Zardab region 46.0 47.1 60.0 81.3 96.5

Yukhari Garabagh economic region Agdam region … 34.2 35.0 35.9 42.8 Fuzuli region … 62.5 64.9 63.3 90.2 Terter region 40.4 53.6 56.6 66.4 74.0

Daghlig Shirvan economic region Agsu region 44.1 47.1 64.8 80.3 80.7 Ismayilly region 58.8 67.5 81.1 97.3 108.2 Gobustan region 41.2 39.2 48.3 72.0 76.9 Shamakhy region 56.0 64.1 78.6 102.3 116.2

Nakhchivan economic region 49.1 71.1 72.0 71.7 98.6 21.1 Number of mobile telephone subscriber, thousand subscriber*)

2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 794 198 1 057 136 1 456523 2 242 000

Baku sity 421 622 524 888 688 961 1 012 274

Absheron economic region 43 957 55 642 88 038 103 690 Absheron region 20 311 25 648 34 015 47 408 Khyzy region 850 989 1 394 3 255 Sumgayit city 22 796 29 005 52 629 53 027

Ganja-Gazakh economic region 67 553 79 723 121 793 165 396 Agstafa region 3 458 5 456 7 337 9 302 Dashkesen region 634 782 1 851 2 695 Gedabey region 2 279 3 353 7 349 13 037 Ganja city 22 946 27 648 39 868 47 901 Goranboy region 2 847 5 089 8 069 10 890 Khanlar region 3 154 3 329 4 890 12 261 Gazakh region 6 417 7 077 10 642 13 925 Samukh region 2 091 2 113 3 812 6 318 Shamkir region 14 811 15 737 23 507 30 554 Tovuz region 8 916 9 139 14 468 18 513

Sheki-Zaqatala economic region 20 318 23 654 42 897 60 374 Balaken region 3 039 4 282 5 406 9 474 Gakh region 2 104 2 104 4 196 5 323 Gabala region 4 230 5 634 12 744 15 785 Oghuz region 738 1 085 2 076 3 383 Sheki region 6 094 6 283 11 491 16 265 Zagatala region 4 113 4 266 6 984 10 144

Lankaran economic region 28 652 35 144 59 587 89 415 Astara region 4 094 5 095 9 641 11 488 Jalilabad region 8 216 8 447 12 114 21 804 Lerik region 921 1 598 2 514 3 971 Lankaran region 8 002 9 612 16 951 24 696 Masally region 6 125 9 031 15 388 23 444 Yardymly region 1 294 1 361 2 979 4 012

21.1 2002 2003 2004 2005

Guba-Khachmaz economic region 16 673 21 531 37 844 67 881 Devechi region 1 926 2 065 4 305 5 417 Khachmaz region 7 211 7 400 13 293 31 038 Guba region 3 722 7 221 13 217 20 100 Gusar region 2 108 2 957 4 504 8 086 Siyazan region 1 706 1 888 2 525 3 240

Aran economic region 87 807 116 018 177 337 246 465 Agjabedi region 6 412 8 794 11 395 21 316 Agdash region 3 755 4 737 7 069 11 472 Barda region 9 925 13 537 18 219 24 892 Beylagan region 5 793 6 741 10 665 13 759 Bilasuvar region 2 819 3 626 5 636 7 961 Ali Bayramly city 1 154 6 574 10 444 13 509 Geychay region 2 941 3 652 7 302 10 021 Hajigabul region 4 866 7 196 9 683 13 099 Imishly region 6 359 7 291 12 809 15 904 Kurdamir region 4 171 6 497 12 461 14 693 Mingechevir city 5 193 7 577 8 923 15 462 Neftchala region 2 588 3 966 6 355 9 019 Saatly region 2 458 3 859 5 134 9 743 Sabirabad region 7 438 8 527 13 632 20 733 Salyan region 8 612 8 828 13 761 18 851 Ujar region 6 298 6 406 10 088 11 444 Yevlakh region 5 369 6 422 11 237 10 919 Zardab region 1 656 1 788 2 524 3 668

Yukhari Garabagh economic region 9 653 8 519 13 238 18 258 Agdam region 4 536 3 124 2 004 4 347 Fuzuli region 2 001 2 193 4 858 6 130 Terter region 3 116 3 202 6 376 7 781

Daghlig Shirvan economic region 8 134 10 246 21 891 31 687 Agsu region 1 491 2 478 4 798 4 916 Ismayilly region 2 002 2 836 5 451 10 691 Gobustan region 454 538 376 3 910 Shamakhy region 4 187 4 394 11 266 12 170

Nakhchivan economic region 16 929 21 251 30 716 41 385 *) information by regions is prepared on active mobile subscrubers 22.1 Development of non state sector on communication

1996 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Number of acting communication enterprices, units 4 18 27 31 31 40 mail - 2 9 11 11 10 telephone 2 3 3 3 3 4 mobile telephone 2 2 2 2 2 2 internet - 5 5 7 7 13 other services - 6 8 8 8 11

İş çil ərin orta illik sayı, n əfər … … 1 288 1 344 1 454 1 722 Orta aylıq nominal əmək haqqı, manat … … 359.3 415.3 476.1 559.7 Əsas fondlar (ilin sonuna), milyon manat … 190.5 190.3 277.8 350.3 469.2 Əsas kapitala investisiyalar, milyon manat … 25 41 35 84 120

Income from communication services (at real prices), 8 909 88 974 129 593 162 043 231 526 325 863 mail … 127 1 108 1 657 2 275 2 898 telephone 543 11 662 12 925 8 615 13 146 14 938 mobile telephone 8 366 70 905 106 686 141 098 208 312 295 518 internet … 1 339 2 304 2 906 3 554 4 644 other services … 4 941 6 569 7 768 4 239 7 865 Expenditures to communication services, thousand manats … 73 975 103 259 107 298 151 313 192 011

Number of ATS, units 3 7 10 11 12 14 General capacity of ATS, 21 43 56 64 70 142 Main telephone lines, thousand lines 11 34 46 53 63 72 Number of apartment telephone lines, thousand lines 7 23 31 41 44 50 Number of mobile telephone, thousand abonents 7 431 794 1 057 1 457 2 242 Number of internet communications, total ... 3 625 6 372 11 691 17 535 29 926 Number of trunk calls, million calls ... 4.2 9.3 10.5 13.5 21.5

Postinq, thousand units - 4.1 231.0 319.9 573.5 578.3 letters - 3.8 229.2 314.5 567.2 571.4 parcels - 0.3 1.8 5.4 6.3 6.9 Number of postman and courier, persons - ... 75 70 94 116 INFOIRMATION TECHNOLOGIES

23.1 Core indicators on ICT infrastructure

Core infrastructure indicators 2005

Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitatns 13 Mobile cellular subscribers per 100 inhabitants 27 Computers per 100 inhabitants 2.3 Internet users per 100 inhabitants 8 Percentage of population living in areas covered by mobile cellular telephony 99 Internet access tariff (20 hours per month), manat 5 Internet access tariff per capita income (monthly), in percentage 4.3 Mobile cellular tariff (100 minutes of use per month), manat 18 Relation of mobile cellular tariff to per capita income (monthly), in percentage 15.5

23.2 Core indicators on ICT systems and use in households

Core infrastructure indicators 2005

Proportion of households with a TV, in percentage 98.9 Proportion of households with a computer, in percentage 7.3 Proportion of individuals who used a computer, in percentage 15.0 Proportion of households with Internet access at home, in percentage 16.6 Proportion of individuals who used the Internet, in percentage 8.0 Distribution of Internet users by location of use (in the last 3 months), in percentage relative to total 100 at home 27.5 at internet cafe 21.0 at work 15.8 at place of education 13.3 at library 8.2 others 14.2 Distribution of Internet users by purposes of use (in the last 3 months), in percentage relative to total 100 searching information 46.2 communicating 38.3 education and learning activities 7.0 downloading games, images or listening to music 6.0 ordering or selling goods or services 1.3 dealing with public authorities (obtaining and sending information, downloading documents) 1.2

* 23.3 Core indicators of ICT use at enterprises

Core infrastructure indicators 2005

Proportion of enterprises using computers, in percentage 20.5 Proportion of employees using computers, in percentage 4.8 Proportion of enterprises using Internet, in percentage 3.8 Proportion of employees using Internet, in percentage 0.88 Proportion of enterprises with a Web Page (Web site), in percentage 1.2 Distritubiton of enterprises by ICT networks used, in percentage relative to total 100 cableless LAN 15.5 cable based LAN 30.7 intranet 20.5 extranet 33.3 Distribution of enterprises by type of Internet access, in percentage relative to total 100 modem (dial-up) 64.9 DSL>2Mb/second 9.2 DSL<2Mb/second 5.2 ISDN 4.8 other constant connection (with dedicated line etc.) 11.7 wireless 4.2

* 23.4 ICT sector and core indicators on trade of ICT goods

Core infrastructure indicators 2005

Output in ICT sector, million manats 450.5 communication sector 425.6 Value added in ICT sector, million manats 298.3 communication sector 288.4 Proportion of value added of ICT sector in GDP, in percentage 2.5 communication sector 2.4 Investments by ICT enterprises, million manats 152.6 Import of ICT goods, million manats 224.8 Proportion of imported ICT goods as a percentage of total imports, in percentage 5.7 The list number of employees involved in ICT sector, thousand persons 17.9 Proportion of employees involved in ICT sector, in percentage 1.4

Main communication indicators of CIS countries

24.1 The number of the telephone line of the general use, thousand units

1991 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan 661 657 807 929 948 1 017 1 097 Belarus 1 849 2 160 2 962 3 183 3 283 3 396 3 503 Armenia 608 583 527 545 568 583 606 Georgia 718 626 758 584 588 … … Kazakhstan 2 209 2 250 2 049 2 239 2 512 2 550 2 708 Kyrgyzstan 367 370 387 399 401 419 443 Moldova 577 629 604 719 791 863 942 Uzbekistan 1 458 1 551 ...... … … 40 24 353 26 828 33 033 36 500 38 400 … Russia 800 Tajikistan 277 259 219 … 242 257 … Turkmenistan 1 458 337 ...... … … 11 11 8 219 9 087 9 748 10 471 10 880 Ukraine 270 872

24.11 The number of the telephone line of the general use, by the last year in %

1991 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan ... 102.0 108.5 107.4 102.0 107.3 108.0 Belarus ... 108.0 104.3 103.6 103.1 103.5 103.2 Armenia ... 95.4 97.2 104.6 104.2 102.6 103.9 Georgia ... 108.6 112.8 112.8 100.7 … … Kazakhstan ... 93.3 104.6 104.4 112.2 101.5 106.2 Kyrgyzstan ... 101.3 101.0 101.8 100.5 104.6 105.7 Moldova ... 105.4 104.7 109.8 110.0 109.2 109.2 Uzbekistan ... 99.3 ...... … … Russia ... 103.9 103.4 105.1 105.2 106.3 … Tajikistan ... 95.0 102.8 ... … 105.9 … Turkmenistan ...... … … … Ukraine ... 101.7 102.3 104.0 103.9 103.6 105.3 Main communication indicators of CIS countries

24.2 The number of the telephone lines in apartments, thousand units

1991 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan 523 555 731 849 867 926 1 003 Belarus 1 290 2 160 2 960 3 183 2 634 2 729 2 828 Armenia 474 511 473 493 510 523 537 Georgia 503 513 590 389 364 … … Kazakhstan 1 481 1 660 1 653 1 901 2 040 2 150 2 330 Kyrgyzstan 242 275 298 315 319 334 354 Moldova 373 466 513 626 696 762 831 Uzbekistan 1 084 1 211 … … … … … 30 15 449 18 707 25 023 27 600 29 100 … Russia 900 Tajikistan 182 187 173 … 199 212 … Turkmenistan 286 337 … … … … … Ukraine 5 357 6 449 7 856 8 417 8 794 9 059 9 525

24.21 The number of the telephone lines in apartments, by the last year in %

1991 1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan ... 102.0 108.5 107.4 102.1 106.8 108.3 Belarus ... 108.0 104.3 103.6 82.8 103.6 103.6 Armenia ... 95.4 97.2 104.6 103.4 102.5 102.7 Georgia ... 108.6 112.8 112.8 93.6 … … Kazakhstan ... 93.3 104.6 104.4 107.3 105.4 108.4 Kyrgyzstan ... 101.3 101.0 101.8 101.3 104.6 106.1 Moldova ... 105.4 104.7 109.8 111.2 109.4 109.1 Uzbekistan ... 99.3 ...... … … … Russia ... 103.9 103.4 105.1 105.4 106.2 … Tajikistan ... 95.0 102.8 ... … 106.5 … Turkmenistan ...... … … … Ukraine ... 101.7 102.3 104.0 104.5 103.0 105.1

Main communication indicators of CIS countries

24.3 Number of trunk calls, million calls

1995 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan 17.5 63.9 111.9 145.8 156.9 185.8 Belarus 248.3 528.6 732.2 929.2 1 046.4 1 066.9 Armenia 23.9 57.7 42.1 71.2 82.3 85.0 Georgia 2.6 30.6 49.5 73.8 … … Kazakhstan 129.6 309.9 479.1 488.7 620.8 749.2 Kyrgyzstan 27.2 46.0 57.2 64.9 71.5 86.5 Moldova 68.6 134.9 217.3 272.0 324.5 373.9 Uzbekistan 57.3 127.6 ...... … … Russia 1 493.0 2 852.0 4 395.0 5 252.0 5 800.5 … Tajikistan 7.8 5.2 ... 14.2 16.9 … Turkmenistan 11.5 ...... … … Ukraine 797.5 1 374.9 1 832.7 2 276.0 3 793.0 4 503.0

24.31 Number of trunk calls, by the last year in %

1997 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005

Azerbaijan 264.6 106.1 133.2 130.3 107.6 118.4 Belarus 124.1 114.5 119.1 126.9 112.6 102.0 Armenia 156.3 91.4 73.1 169.1 115.6 103.3 Georgia 169.4 62.3 129.6 149.1 … … Kazakhstan 106.6 157.0 130.4 102.0 127.0 120.7 Kyrgyzstan 113.6 110.8 115.6 113.5 110.2 121.0 Moldova 117.5 115.5 119.7 125.2 119.3 115.2 Uzbekistan ... 126.7 ... … … … Russia 114.8 118.7 111.8 119.5 110.4 … Tajikistan 87.0 108.3 ... … 119.0 … Turkmenistan 102.4 ...... … … … Ukraine 118.2 113.2 112.3 124.2 166.7 118.7

Main communication indicators of CIS countries

24.4 Posting

1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 Azerbaijan newspapers and magazines, million units 36.4 20.7 17.9 15.1 13.6 13.6 14.7 17.3 letters, million units 19.6 4.9 5.4 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.1 6.4 parcels, thousand units 24.2 9.6 15.2 28.2 46 46 55.9 65 money order and pencionary payments million units 10.8 9.1 7.7 6.3 5.6 5.6 2.4 1.7 telegrams, million units 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 Belarus newspapers and magazines, million units 568 530.6 530.5 472.3 325.2 325.2 338.1 380 letters, million units 134 132.4 139.3 152.3 153.3 153.3 161.4 161.1 parcels, thousand units 595 748 1 055 1 281 1 606 1 606 1 884 2 050 money order and pencionary payments million units 32.8 30 29.4 29.1 28.7 28.7 29.1 29.1 telegrams, million units 2.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 Armenia newspapers and magazines, million units 11.6 10.1 9.4 8.4 9.2 9.2 10.1 15.5 letters, million units 1 1.1 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.5 parcels, thousand units 0.9 4.4 5.8 4.5 4.9 4.9 3.7 3.5 money order and pencionary payments million units 6.5 4.9 4.8 3 4.1 4.1 4 ... telegrams, million units 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 Georgia newspapers and magazines, million units 3 3.8 5.4 5 4.5 4.5 2.7 ... letters, million units 20.3 1.5 2.4 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.1 ... parcels, thousand units 1.4 10.3 29.6 7.1 3.9 3.9 5.1 ... money order and pencionary payments million units 10.5 6.7 7.4 7.2 4.8 4.8 2.5 ... telegrams, million units 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 ... Kazakhstan newspapers and magazines, million units 165.3 65.7 81.9 93.3 91 91 105.2 162.9 letters, million units 51.8 17.2 16 16 16.8 16.8 34.2 42.8 parcels, thousand units 528 1 270 1 515 1 331 1 402 1 402 1 642 2 238 money order and pencionary payments million units 22.2 8.7 17.8 18.9 20.3 20.3 ...... telegrams, million units 6.8 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.2 2.2 3.1 Kyrgyzstan newspapers and magazines, million units 32.6 16 14 13 15 15 14.2 11.5 letters, million units 6.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 parcels, thousand units 23 19 18 11 11 11 20 20 money order and pencionary payments million units 6.9 5.3 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.1 7.9 telegrams, million units 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 24.1 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005

Moldova newspapers and magazines, million units 54 19 21 22 23 22.8 29.5 28.7 letters, million units 16 12 17 25 30.6 31 34 37 parcels, thousand units 59 18 18 21 32.6 33 29 23 money order and pencionary payments million units 8.7 11.3 9.7 8.8 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.1 telegrams, million units 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Uzbekistan newspapers and magazines, million units 47.5 25.9 25.8 ...... letters, million units 10.1 10.3 10.7 ...... parcels, thousand units 30 78 89 ...... money order and pencionary payments ...... million units 25.1 31.9 32.2 ...... telegrams, million units 2.1 1.4 1.2 ...... Russia newspapers and magazines, billion units 5.6 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.6 ... letters, million units 1512 1117 1157 1230 1263 1263 1349 ... parcels, million units 26 14 13 12 13.4 13 14 ... money order and pencionary payments million units 475.1 421.5 412.5 416.3 408.2 408.2 421.1 ... telegrams, million units 106.2 55.5 53 47 42.1 42.1 36.1 ... Tajikistan newspapers and magazines, million units 4.8 3.1 3.8 ... 6.9 6.9 10.6 ... letters, million units 2.5 0.4 0.4 ... 0.5 0.5 0.5 ... parcels, thousand units 12 2 2 ... 3.6 3.6 4.1 ... money order and pencionary payments million units 3.3 7.8 8.4 ... 11.2 11.2 13.7 ... telegrams, million units 0.5 0.2 0.2 ... 0.1 0.1 0.1 ... Turkmenistan newspapers and magazines, million units 104.7 ...... letters, million units 5.1 ...... parcels, thousand units 18 ...... money order and pencionary payments million units 4 ...... telegrams, million units 0.6 ...... Ukraine newspapers and magazines, billion units 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 letters, million units 608.8 298.8 315.2 326 317.1 317.1 346.5 380.9 parcels, million units 3.4 4.6 6.7 6 6.7 6.7 7.2 10.3 money order and pencionary payments million units 280.5 224.3 179.6 173.9 168.5 168.5 186.4 177.6 telegrams, million units 25 11.8 11.3 10.1 8.8 8.8 7.5 6.4