| Communications | Laos |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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103,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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16 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.003 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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619 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: multiple service providers; mobile cellular usage growing very rapidly
international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China (2008) |
Broadcast media:
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3 television stations operating out of Vientiane - 2 government-operated and the other jointly-owned by the government and a Thai company; 22 provincial stations operating with nearly all programming relayed via satellite from the government-operated stations in Vientiane; relays from Hanoi provide access to a Vietnamese television station; broadcasts available from stations in Thailand and Vietnam in border areas; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems provide access to a wide range of foreign stations; state-controlled radio with state-operated Lao National Radio (LNR) broadcasting on 5 frequencies - 1 AM, 2 SW, and 2 FM; LNR's AM and FM programs are relayed via satellite constituting a large part of the programming schedules of the provincial radio stations; Thai radio broadcasts available in border areas and transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are also accessible (2011) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 3, FM 34, shortwave 3 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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2,159,071 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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190,507 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,159,071 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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28 (2010) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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231,329 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.la |
Internet hosts:
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1,468 (2010) |
Internet users:
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300,000 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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47 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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