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Laos
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Communication
in Laos
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Telephones
- main lines in use:
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132,200
(2009)
country
comparison to the world:
137 |
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Telephones
- mobile cellular:
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3.235
million (2009)
country
comparison to the world:
111 |
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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)
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Broadcast
media:
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2
television stations operating out of
Vientiane - 1 government-operated and the
other jointly-owned by the government and a
Thai company; roughly 15 provincial stations
operating with nearly all programming
relayed via satellite from the
government-operated station 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 (2008)
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Internet
country code:
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.la
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Internet
hosts:
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1,468 (2010)
country
comparison to the world:
161 |
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Internet
users:
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300,000 (2009)
country
comparison to the world:
130
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