Thailand Communications - 2004

Telephones - main lines in use:
6,499,800 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
16.117 million (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: service to general public adequate, but investment in technological upgrades reduced by recession; bulk of service to government activities provided by multichannel cable and microwave radio relay network
domestic: microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic satellite system being developed
international: country code - 66; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Television broadcast stations:
5 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

Internet country code:
.th

Internet hosts:
100,132 (2002)