Communications Of Laos

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)