- T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi have cellular telephone
networks; urban telephone density is about 20 per 100 people; rural
telephone density is about 4 per 100 people; intercity facilities
include a fiber-optic line between T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi;
nationwide pager service is available
international: country code - 995; Georgia and Russia are working on
a fiber-optic line between P'ot'i and Sochi (Russia); present
international service is available by microwave, landline, and
satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail
and telex service are available

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 12, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:
3.02 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus repeaters) (1998)

Televisions:
2.57 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.ge

Internet hosts:
5,160 (2004)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
6 (2000)

Internet users:
150,500 (2003)

Transportation Georgia

Railways:
total: 1,612 km (1,612 km electrified)
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2003)

Highways:
total: 20,363 km
paved: 19,038 km
unpaved: 1,325 km (2000)

Pipelines:
gas 1,697 km; oil 1,027 km; refined products 232 km (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi

Merchant marine:
total: 144 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 855,908 GRT/1,288,812 DWT
by type: bulk 20, cargo 95, chemical tanker 1, container 11,
liquefied gas 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 1,
petroleum tanker 9, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 2,
short-sea/passenger 1, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: Albania 2, Belize 2, British Virgin Islands 2,
Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 5, Ecuador 1, Egypt 3, Estonia 1, Germany 1,
Gibraltar 1, Greece 13, Israel 1, Italy 1, Latvia 4, Lebanon 3,
Liberia 2, Madagascar 1, Malta 1, Netherlands 2, Norway 1, Panama 8,
Romania 6, Russia 10, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines 4, Saudi Arabia 1, Syria 31, Turkey 10, Ukraine 16,
registered in other countries: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports:
31 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 17
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
under 914 m: 2 (2003 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 2

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2003 est.)

Transportation