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Pakistan Telecommunication*
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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2.861 million (March 1999) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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158,000 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment:
the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business
use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988,
the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority
basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban
systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural
population domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks international: 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 (1999) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Internet country code:
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.pk |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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30 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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1.2 million (2000) |
*Pakistan telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.
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