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Pakistan -
Country Statistics
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| Communications | Pakistan | | Telephones - main lines in use: | 4,502,200 (2004) | | Telephones - mobile cellular: | 5,022,900 (2004) | | Telephone system: | general assessment: the domestic system is mediocre, but improving; service is adequate for government and business use, in part because major businesses have established their own private systems; since 1988, the government has promoted investment in the national telecommunications system on a priority basis, significantly increasing network capacity; despite major improvements in trunk and urban systems, telecommunication services are still not readily available to the majority of the rural population
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks
international: country code - 92; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); 3 operational international gateway exchanges (1 at Karachi and 2 at Islamabad); microwave radio relay to neighboring countries (1999) | | Radio broadcast stations: | AM 27, FM 1, shortwave 21 (1998) | | Radios: | 13.5 million (1997) | | Television broadcast stations: | 22 (plus seven low-power repeaters) (1997) | | Televisions: | 3.1 million (1997) | | Internet country code: | .pk | | Internet hosts: | 38,309 (2005) | | Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 30 (2000) | | Internet users: | 7.5 million (2005) |
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