general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas

domestic: multiple service providers; mobile cellular usage growing rapidly; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership approaching 30 per 100 persons

international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2 (2006)

Television broadcast stations:

7 (includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi) (2006)

Internet country code:

.la

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