Communications in Thailand

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Contents 1 Telephone 1.1 Telephone system 2 Radio broadcast stations 2.1 Radios 3 Television broadcast stations 3.1 Televisions 4 Internet Service Providers 5 See also

[edit] Telephone

• Main lines in use: 7.4 million (2005)Data from MICT
• Mobile cellular: 30.4 million (2005)Data from MICT
• Fixed Line Operators : ToT, True and TT&T
• Mobile Operators : AIS, DTAC, True Move, Hutch
• Internet - Broadband : 570,000 (2005)Data from MICT

[edit] Telephone system

High quality, especially in urban areas such as Bangkok; privatization, as required by World Trade Organization standards, is planned to be complete by 2006

• Domestic: microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic satellite including new iPSTAR satellite, so far the heaviest comms satellite in orbit.
• International: Satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)

[edit] Radio broadcast stations

• AM: 204
• FM: 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

[edit] Radios

Total: 13.96 million (1997)

[edit] Television broadcast stations

• Total: 6 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

[edit] Televisions

• Total: 35.5 million (2005)

[edit] Internet Service Providers

Total: 13 (1999)

• Country code (Top level domain): .th

[edit] See also

• Media of Thailand

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.