Azerbaijan Communications

Telephone

Country code: 994. International calls from Azerbaijan may be dialed directly from Baku and some other towns throughout the country.

Mobile Telephone

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is mostly limited to the capital and main towns and is non-existent in many mountain areas.

Internet

Available in all cities and towns.

Post

International postal services are sometimes disrupted. Delays occur, although letters should normally take 10 to 14 days to arrive. Parcels should be registered or sent by courier services to accelerate the process and ensure against loss.

Media

There are a number of state-run and public media outlets that compete with private and opposition publications and private broadcasters. Despite official freedom of speech, the Azeri media is tightly controlled and very self-censoring.

Press

• Newspapers include Azadliq, Ekho and Zerkalo (in Russian and English).
• The government daily is Azarbaycan.
• The English-language newspaper is Baku-Sun.

TV

• The state broadcaster has two national networks, Azerbaijan TV and Public TV.
• Private stations include Space TV and Lider TV.

Radio

• There is a state broadcaster with two national networks, Azerbaijan Radio 1 and Azerbaijan Radio 2.
• Private-run FM stations include ANS ChM, Radio Lider and Radio Azad Azerbaijan.
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