Telephones - main lines in use 500,000 (2000)

Telephones - mobile cellular 283,000 (2000)

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: 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)

Radios 6.15 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 15 (1999)

Televisions 770,000 (1997)

Internet country code .bd

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 10 (2000)

Internet users 30,000 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.