Short facts about communications in Pakistan

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.861 million (March 1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

158,000 (1998)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population domestic:  microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks international:  satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational international gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Islamabad); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries (1999)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)

Radios:

13.5 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

3.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pk

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

30 (2000)

Internet users:

1.2 million (2000)

Source: World Factbook