Communications

Country code is 996 (312 for Bishkek). You can make international calls from a telephone office which you will usually be found attached to a post office. They can also be made from some hotels by asking on the reception. All international calls from Kyrgyzstan are supposed to go through the operator. Calls within the city are free of charge if made from private telephones. Hotels sometimes have a small charge. Direct-dial calls within the CIS can be done by dialing 8 and waiting for another dial tone and then dialing the city code followed by the number.
 

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. But coverage is limited.
 

Many Internet cafes in the cities are available.
 

Letters to and from Western Europe and the USA usually take anything between two weeks and two months. Stamped envelopes can be bought in post offices. Mail to recipients within Kyrgyzstan should be addressed in the following order beginning with country, postcode, city, and street, house number, and the person's name. Visitors can also use post offices that took place within some main hotels. 

Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00. 

There are some weeklies published in English the Bishkek they are the Observer, the Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, the Times of Central Asia and the Zaman Kyrgyzstan. 

The main dailies are published in Bishkek include the Kyrgyz Tuusu (both in Kyrgyz), and the Delo No, the Slovo Kyrgyzstana and the Vechernii Bishkek (in Russian).
 

State-run Kyrgyz National TV and Radio Broadcasting Corporation operatetwo networks. 

Private channels have the Pirimida and the Osh TV.
 

Private stations include the Almaz and the Europa Plus.