Burma - Communications

Telephones - main lines in use:

503,900 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

214,200 (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government; international service is good
domestic: system capable of providing basic service; cellular mobile phone system functions more efficiently than traditional lines
international: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean), and ShinSat (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:


AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007)

Television broadcast stations:


4 (2008)

Internet country code:

.mm

Internet hosts:

101 (2007)

Internet users:

31,500 (2005)