Telephones - main lines in use 1.1 million (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular NA

Telephone system
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Russian (Indian Ocean region); other international connections through Moscow and Beijing

Radio broadcast stations AM 16, FM 14, shortwave 12 (1999)

Radios 3.36 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 38 (1999)

Televisions 1.2 million (1997)

Internet country code .kp

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000)

Internet users NA

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