| Telephones - main lines in use: | 2.861 million (March 1999) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 158,000 (1998) |
Telephone system: | 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) |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998) |
Radios: | 13.5 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) |
Televisions: | 3.1 million (1997) |
Internet country code: | .pk |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 30 (2000) |
Internet users: | 1.2 million (2000) |
