Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
521,100 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
1.244 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 151
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government
domestic:
system barely capable of providing basic service; mobile-cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped
international:
country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2011)
government controls all domestic broadcast media; 2 state-controlled TV stations with 1 of the stations controlled by the armed forces; 2 pay-TV stations are joint state-private ventures; access to satellite TV is limited; 1 state-controlled domestic radio station and 6 FM stations that are joint state-private ventures; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in parts of Burma; the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), BBC Burmese service, and the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) use shortwave to send broadcasts into Burma; VOA, RFA, and DVB produce daily TV news programs that are transmitted by satellite to audiences in Burma (2009)
1,055 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 172
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
110,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 158
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]
Burma Communications 2013
SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
