Telephones - main lines in use:
61,900 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
55,200 (2002)
Telephone system:
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: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios:
730,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1999)
Televisions:
52,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.la
Internet hosts:
937 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
15,000 (2002)
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