Bolivia Communications
Telephones - main lines in use600,100 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular
1,401,500 (2003)
Telephone system
general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)
Television broadcast stations
48 (1997)
Internet country code
.bo
Internet hosts
7,080 (2003)
Internet users
270,000 (2002)
