Telephones - main lines in use 6,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular NA

Telephone system
general assessment: NA
domestic: domestic telephone service is very poor with few telephones in use
international: international telephone and telegraph service is by landline through India; a satellite earth station was planned (1990)

Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios 37,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 0 (1997)

Televisions 11,000 (1997)

Internet country code .bt

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) NA

Internet users 500 (2000)

NOTE: The information regarding Bhutan 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 Bhutan Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bhutan Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.