Communications in Laos
Encyclopedia
Telephones - main lines in use:
25,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
850,000(2007)
Telephone system:
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:
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
730,000 (1997)
Television channels:
3 (2011)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Country code (Top-level domain): LA
25,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
850,000(2007)
Telephone system:
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:
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
730,000 (1997)
Television channels:
3 (2011)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Country code (Top-level domain): LA