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Laos: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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25,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4,915 (1997)
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Telephone system:
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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)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
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Radios:
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730,000 (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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4 (1999)
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Televisions:
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52,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.la
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000)
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Internet users:
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10,000 (2002)
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