Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 51,200
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 161

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 2.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 110 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 151

Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system; mobile-cellular telephone system is expanding
domestic: privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho was tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service dominates the market and is expanding with a subscribership roughly 65 per 100 persons in 2011; rural services are scant
international: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2007)

Television - broadcast stations:
1 (2007)

Internet country code:
.ls

Internet hosts:
11,030 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 102,000
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 5.3% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 169