Telephone system:
general assessment: the telecom infrastructure is improving
dramatically with foreign and domestic investments into fixed-line
and mobile networks; mobile cellular subscribership has skyrocketed,
approaching 50 million in late 2006, up from only about 300,000 in
2000; fiber systems are being constructed throughout the country to
aid in network growth; main line availability has risen only
marginally over the same period and there are still difficulties
getting main line service to rural areas.
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 (2006)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998)
Radios:
13.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
30 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (2006)
Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.pk
Internet hosts:
72,765 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
30 (2000)
Internet users:
10.5 million (2005)
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