Short facts about communications in Bhutan

Telephones - main lines in use:

6,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  domestic telephone service is very poor with few telephones in use international:  international telephone and telegraph service is by landline through India; a satellite earth station was planned (1990)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:

37,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

0 (1997)

Televisions:

11,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

NA

Internet users:

500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook