PakistanCommunications

Telephones - main lines in use:	3,982,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile 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 broadcast stations:	AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)
Radios:	13.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:	22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997)
Televisions:	3.1 million (1997)
Internet country code:	.pk
Internet hosts:	15,124 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	30 (2000)
Internet users:	1.5 million (2002)

More about Pakistan:

The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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