Short facts about communications in Korea, North

Telephones - main lines in use:

1.1 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  NA international:  satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Russian (Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)

Radios:

3.36 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

38 (1999)

Televisions:

1.2 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.kp

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

NA

Source: World Factbook