Telecommunications in Bhutan includes

telephones A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that enables two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most ...

radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

, and the

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Telephones

* Main lines: 18,000 lines in use, 174th in the world (2023 est.). * Mobile cellular: 752,000 lines, 169th in the world (2023 est.). * Telephone system: ** general assessment: Urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services (2012);"Communications"
Bhutan, ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 5 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013. ** domestic: very low tele-density, domestic service is poor especially in rural areas, mobile cellular service available since 2003 is now widely available (2012); ** international: international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through

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(2012); ** satellite earth station: 1 Intelsat (2012). *

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: Bhutan +975,

Phuentsholing Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing (), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District. The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and Sampheling Gewog. Phuentsholing adjoins the Indian ...

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Thimphu Thimphu (; ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's '' dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital city of Punakha was replac ...

(0)2, Bumthang (0)3, Paro (0)8.

Radio and television

* First radio station, Radio NYAB, privately launched in 1973, is now state-owned (2012). * Five private radio stations are currently broadcasting (2012). * Radios: 37,000 (1997). * The

Bhutan Broadcasting Service The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS, ) is a state-funded radio and television service in Bhutan. A public service corporation which is fully funded by the state and it is the only service to offer both radio and television in the kingdom, and is ...

first commenced television transmissions in June 1999, upon legalizing television, one of the last countries in the world to do so. * Cable TV service offers dozens of Indian and other international channels (2012). * Televisions: 11,000 (1999).

Internet

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: .bt *

Internet hosts A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and applications to users or other hosts on the network. Hosts are assigned at least one network a ...

: 14,590 hosts, 126th in the world (2012). *

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: 23,552 addresses allocated, 32.9 per 1000 people (2012).Population

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. Accessed on 2 April 2012. Note: Data are mostly for 1 July 2012. *

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: 88% of the population (2023 est.). * Fixed broadband: 10,000 (2023 est.), 183th in the world *

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: 17,851 subscriptions, 133rd in the world; 2.5% of population, 122nd in the world (2012).Calculated using penetration rate and population data fro
"Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"
, Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013"Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012"
Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE,

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information ...

. Retrieved on 29 June 2013. *

Internet Service Provider An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides a myriad of services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, no ...

s: Bhutan's main and only ISP is Druknet, owned by Bhutan Telecom. It provides a dial-up service, at a reasonable cost. *

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s: Located in most large towns.

References

External links

nic.bt
Bhutan Network Information Center.
www.bbs.bt
Bhutan Broadcasting Service.
Wireless Voice/Data Communication in Remote Bhutan
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Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...

Telephones

Radio and television

Internet

See also

References

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