Telephones 19,333 (1996)

Telephone system service to general public is poor but improving, with over 19,000 telephones currently in service and 86,000 expected to be installed by 2000; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: radiotelephone communications
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean Region)

Radio broadcast stations AM 10, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios 560,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations 2

Televisions 32,000 (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.