| Communications | North Korea |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.18 million (2008) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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49 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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431,900 (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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18 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: adequate system; nationwide fiber-optic network; mobile-cellular service expanding beyond Pyongyang
domestic: fiber-optic links installed down to the county level; telephone directories unavailable; GSM mobile-cellular service initiated in 2002 but suspended in 2004; Orascom Telecom Holding, an Egyptian company, launched W-CDMA mobile service on December 15, 2008 for the Pyongyang area and has expanded service to several large cities
international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 2 (1 Intelsat - Indian Ocean, 1 Russian - Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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no independent media; radios and televisions are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 government-owned television stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea operates an external broadcast service; the government prohibits listening to and jams foreign broadcasts (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting Station; North Korea has a "national intercom" cable radio station wired throughout the country that is a significant source of information for the average North Korean citizen; it is wired into most residences and workplaces and carries news and commentary), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,438,676 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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1,746,964 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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1,746,964 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (includes Korean Central Television, Mansudae Television, Korean Educational and Cultural Network, and Kaesong Television targeting South Korea) (2003) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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6,114,373 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.kp |
Internet hosts:
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3 (2010) |
Internet users:
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void |
Internet users - density:
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void |
Communications - note:
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void |
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