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Communications In PakistanTelephones - main lines in use: 2.861 million (March 1999) Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,180,000 (2004) Telephone system: 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
international: 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 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 Service Providers (ISPs): 143 (2004) Country code (Top level domain): PK - See also : Pakistan
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