| Media & Communication |
| Telephones - Main lines in use: 500,000
(2000) |
| Telephones - Mobile cellular: 283,000
(2000) |
Telephone System:
- General Assessment: totally inadequate for a modern
country
domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk
systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and
some fiber-optic cable in cities
- International: satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean); international
radiotelephone communications and landline service to
neighboring countries (2000) |
| Radio Broadcast Stations: AM 12, FM 12, short-wave
2 (1999) |
| Television Broadcast Stations: 15 (1999) |
| Name of National Television: Bangladesh
Television (BTV) |
| Internet country code: .bd |
| Internet users: 1,50,000 (2002) |
Newspapers : (2000)
Dailies : 192
- Bangla: 179
- English:13
Fortnightly:142
Monthly:84
Others:34 |
Satellite Station: 2
- Betbunia
- Talibabad |
| Cinema Halls: 946 (2000) |
