Laos Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
61,900 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
55,200 (2002 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
service to general public is poor but improving with over 20,000 telephones currently in service and an additional 48,000 expected by 2001; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic:
radiotelephone communications
international:
country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12 , FM 1 , shortwave 4 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1999 est.)
Internet country code:
.la
Internet users:
10,000 (2002 est.)
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