Communications in Thailand
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[edit] Telephone
- Main lines in use: 7.4 million (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT
- Mobile cellular: 30.4 million (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT
- Fixed Line Operators : TOT, True and TT&T
- Mobile Operators : AIS, DTAC, True Move, Hutch, CAT CDMA, TOT Thai Mobile 1900
- Internet - Broadband : 570,000 (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT
[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
[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: 24 (2007)
- True Internet (Asia InfoNet) - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/VDSL/Cable Modem/Leased Line/Gigabit Internet/Wi-Fi
- CS Loxinfo - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line/Satellite/Wi-Fi
- TOT - Dial-up/ADSL/Satellite/Leased Line
- CAT Telecom - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
- Internet Thailand - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line/Wi-Fi
- Pacific Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
- Jasmine Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
- KSC - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line/Wi-Fi
- ISSP - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
- TT&T - Dial-up/ADSL (outside Bangkok)
- Samart - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
- A-Net - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
- OTARO/World Internetwork - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line/Gigabit Internet
- PROEN Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL
- ADC
- E-Z Net
- Asia Access
- Roy-Net
- Dataline
- IdeaNet
- Far East Internet
- Reach Thailand
- CWN (Chomanan WorldNet)
- KIRZ Internet
- Country code (Top level domain): .th
[edit] Submarine cables
- APCN linking Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea and Japan
- SEA-ME-WE-3, SEA-ME-WE-4
- Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) .
[edit] See also
Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Cambodia · China (People's Republic of China (Hong Kong • Macau) · Republic of China (Taiwan)) · Cyprus · East Timor · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel (see also Palestinian territories) · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan1 · Korea (North Korea · South Korea) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Myanmar · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia1 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkey1 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen
1 Has some territory in Europe.
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.