| Communications | Burma |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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604,700 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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12 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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594,000 (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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12 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government
domestic: system barely capable of providing basic service; mobile-cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped
international: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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government controls all domestic broadcast media; 2 state-controlled television stations with 1 of the stations controlled by the armed forces; a third TV channel, a pay-TV station, is a joint state-private venture; access to satellite TV is limited; 1 state-controlled domestic radio station and 6 FM stations that are joint state-private ventures; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in parts of Burma; the opposition-backed station Democratic Voice of Burma broadcasts into Burma via shortwave (2009) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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53,999,804 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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26,999,902 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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17,999,935 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (2008) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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13,499,951 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.mm |
Internet hosts:
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172 (2010) |
Internet users:
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110,000 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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3 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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