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Tabular Data - Communications in Pakistan
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
3,982,800 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
2,624,800 (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
general assessment: the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks
international: country code - 92; 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 (1999) |
| Radio Stations : |
AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998) |
| Radios : |
13,500,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) |
| Televisions : |
3.1 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.pk |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
30 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
1.5 million (2002) |
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