| Communications | Pakistan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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3.419 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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19 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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103 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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550 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: the telecommunications infrastructure is improving dramatically with foreign and domestic investments in fixed-line and mobile-cellular networks; system consists of microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks;
domestic: mobile-cellular subscribership has skyrocketed, exceeding 100 million in 2009, up from only about 300,000 in 2000; approximately 90 percent of Pakistanis live within areas that have cell phone coverage and more than half of all Pakistanis have access to a cell phone; fiber systems are being constructed throughout the country to aid in network growth; fixed line availability has risen only marginally over the same period and there are still difficulties getting fixed-line service to rural areas
international: country code - 92; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable systems that provide links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; 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 (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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media is government regulated; 1 dominant state-owned TV broadcaster, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), operates a network consisting of 6 channels; private TV broadcasters are permitted and some foreign satellite channels are carried by cable TV operators; the state-owned radio network operates more than 40 stations; privately-owned radio stations mostly limit programming to music and talk shows (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 31, FM 68, shortwave NA (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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6,043,314 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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2,755,041 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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20 (5 state-run channels and 15 privately-owned satellite channels) (2006) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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9,367,137 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.pk |
Internet hosts:
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330,466 (2010) |
Internet users:
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20.431 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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110 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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