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Contents:
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Geography
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
   
 
Communications:
Telephones - main lines in use: 7.024 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 51.377 million (2007)

Telephone system:  
general assessment: high quality system, especially in urban areas like Bangkok
domestic: fixed line system provided by both a government owned and commercial provider; wireless service expanding rapidly and outpacing fixed lines
international: country code - 66; connected to major submarine cable systems providing links throughout Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Pacific Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:  
AM 238, FM 351, shortwave 6 (2007)

Television broadcast stations:  
111 (2006)

Internet country code: .th

Internet hosts: 1.116 million (2008)

Internet users: 13.416 million (2007)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook September 2009.

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