Telephones - main lines in use 25,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 4,915 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving, with over 20,000 telephones currently in service and an additional 48,000 expected by 2001; 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 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios 730,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 4 (1999)

Televisions 52,000 (1997)

Internet country code .la

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000)

Internet users 6,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Laos on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Laos Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Laos Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.