general
assessment: high
quality system, especially in urban areas
like Bangkok
domestic:
fixed
line system provided by both a government
owned and commercial provider; wireless
service expanding rapidly
international:
country
code - 66; connected to major submarine
cable systems providing links throughout
Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, and
US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1
Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean)
Broadcast
media:
6
terrestrial TV stations in Bangkok broadcast
nationally via relay stations - 2 of the
networks are owned by the military, the
other 4 are government-owned or controlled,
leased to private enterprise, and are all
required to broadcast government-produced
news programs twice a day; multi-channel
satellite and cable TV subscription services
are available; radio frequencies have been
allotted for more than 500 government and
commercial radio stations; many small
community radio stations operate with
low-power transmitters (2008)
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