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Back to Burma
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Communication
of Burma
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Telephones
- main lines in use:
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812,000 (2009)
country
comparison to the world: 87 |
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Telephones
- mobile cellular:
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502,000 (2009)
country
comparison to the world: 159 |
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Telephone
system:
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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 (2009)
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Broadcast
media:
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government
controls all domestic broadcast media; 2
state-controlled television stations with 1 of the
stations controlled by the armed forces; a third
TV channel, a pay-TV station, is a joint
state-private venture; 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
opposition-backed station Democratic Voice of
Burma broadcasts into Burma via shortwave (2009)
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Internet
country code:
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.mm
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Internet
hosts:
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172 (2010)
country
comparison to the world: 197 |
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Internet
users:
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110,000 (2009)
country
comparison to the world: 158
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