Bangladesh

Bangladesh Communications

Telephones - main lines in use
740,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular
1.365 million (2003)

Telephone system
general assessment: totally inadequate for a modern country
domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities
international: country code - 880; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2000)

Radio broadcast stations
AM 12, FM 12, shortwave 2 (1999)

Television broadcast stations
15 (1999)

Internet country code
.bd

Internet hosts
1 (2003)

Internet users
243,000 (2003)



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