Thailand Communications - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/thailand/thailand_communications.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
6,617,400 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
26.5 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: high quality system, especially in urban areas like Bangkok; WTO requirement for privatization of telecom sector is planned to be complete by 2006
domestic: fixed line system provided by both a government owned and commercial provider; wireless service expanding rapidly and outpacing fixed lines
international: country code - 66; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean); landing country for APCN submarine cable

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.th

Internet hosts:
103,700 (2003)

Internet users:
6,971,500 (2003)

NOTE: The information regarding Thailand on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Thailand Communications 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Thailand Communications 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.