Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system: Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
3.419 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 46
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
111 million (2011)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment: the telecommunications infrastructure is improving dramatically with foreign and domestic investments in fixed-line and mobile-cellular networks; system consists of microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, cellular, and satellite networks;
domestic: mobile-cellular subscribership has skyrocketed, exceeding 110 million by the end of 2011, up from only about 300,000 in 2000; more than 90 percent of Pakistanis live within areas that have cell phone coverage and more than half of all Pakistanis have access to a cell phone; fiber systems are being constructed throughout the country to aid in network growth; fixed line availability has risen only marginally over the same period and there are still difficulties getting fixed-line service to rural areas
international: country code - 92; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable systems that provide links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; 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 (2009)
media is government regulated; 1 dominant state-owned TV broadcaster, Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), operates a network consisting of 5 channels; private TV broadcasters are permitted; to date 69 foreign satellite channels are operational; the state-owned radio network operates more than 40 stations; nearly 100 commercially-licenced privately-owned radio stations are operating providing programming mostly limited to music and talk shows (2011)
340,834 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
20.431 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]