Bolivia Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 600,100 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 1,401,500 (2003)

Telephone system: general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999)

Television broadcast stations: 48 (1997)

Internet country code: .bo

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

Internet users: 270,000 (2002)



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