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Contents 1 Telephone 1.1 Telephone system 2 Radio broadcast stations 2.1 Radios 3 Television broadcast stations 3.1 Televisions 4 Internet Service Providers 4.1 Submarine cables 5 See also

• Main lines in use: 7.4 million (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT
• Mobile cellular: 30.4 million (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT
• Fixed Line Operators : TOT, True and TT&T
• Mobile Operators : AIS, DTAC, True Move, Hutch, CAT CDMA, TOT Thai Mobile 1900
• Internet - Broadband : 570,000 (2005) - Data from Ministry of ICT

High quality, especially in urban areas such as Bangkok; privatization, as required by World Trade Organization standards, is planned to be complete by 2006

• Domestic: microwave radio relay and multichannel cable; domestic satellite including new iPSTAR satellite, so far the heaviest comms satellite in orbit.
• International: Satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)

• AM: 204
• FM: 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Total: 13.96 million (1997)

• Total: 6 (all in Bangkok; plus 131 repeaters) (1997)

• Total: 35.5 million (2005)

Total: 24 (2007)

• True Internet (Asia InfoNet) - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/VDSL/Cable Modem/Leased Line/Gigabit Internet/Wi-Fi
• CS Loxinfo - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line/Satellite/Wi-Fi
• TOT - Dial-up/ADSL/Satellite/Leased Line
• CAT Telecom - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
• Internet Thailand - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line/Wi-Fi
• Pacific Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
• Jasmine Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
• KSC - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line/Wi-Fi
• ISSP - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
• TT&T - Dial-up/ADSL (outside Bangkok)
• Samart - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line
• A-Net - Dial-up/ADSL/Leased Line
• OTARO/World Internetwork - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL/Leased Line/Gigabit Internet
• PROEN Internet - Dial-up/ADSL/G.SHDSL
• ADC
• E-Z Net
• Asia Access
• Roy-Net
• Dataline
• IdeaNet
• Far East Internet
• Reach Thailand
• CWN (Chomanan WorldNet)
• KIRZ Internet

• Country code (Top level domain): .th

• APCN linking Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea and Japan
• SEA-ME-WE-3, SEA-ME-WE-4
• Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) .

• Media of Thailand

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.