Short facts about communications in Laos

Telephones - main lines in use:

25,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4,915 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  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 broadcast stations:

4 (1999)

Televisions:

52,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.la

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

2,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook