Bolivia Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
600,100 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
1,401,500 (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic:
primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
international:
country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 171 , FM 73 , shortwave 77 (1999 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
48 (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.bo
Internet hosts:
7,080 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
270,000 (2002 est.)
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