Communications in Laos
Telephones - main lines in use:
20,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1,600 (1997)
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
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
730,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1999)
Televisions:
52,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
NA
Country code (Top-level domain): LA
domestic:
radiotelephone communications
international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)