|
|
|
|
Telephones - main lines in use:
|
600,100 (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)
|
|
Radios:
|
5.25 million (1997)
|
|
Radio broadcast stations:
|
AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)
|
|
Televisions:
|
900,000 (1997)
|
|
Television broadcast stations:
|
48 (1997)
|
|
Internet country code:
|
.bo
|
|
Internet hosts:
|
7,080 (2003)
|
|
Internet users:
|
270,000 (2002)
|
|
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
|
9 (2000)
|
|
|
|
|
