Pakistan Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
3,982,800 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
2,624,800 (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population
domestic:
microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks
international:
country code - 92; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational international gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Islamabad); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27 , FM 1 , shortwave 21 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.pk
Internet hosts:
15,124 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
1.5 million (2002 est.)
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