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Telephones Fixed Lines

556,000 (2012)country comparison to the world: 95

Telephones Mobile Cellular

5.44 million (2012)country comparison to the world: 106 5.44 million (2012)country comparison to the world: 106

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Telephone System

General assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government

Domestic: system barely capable of providing basic service, mobile-cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped

International: country code - 95, landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2011)

Broadcast Media

Government controls all domestic broadcast media, 2 state-controlled TV stations with 1 of the stations controlled by the armed forces; 2 pay-TV stations are joint state-private ventures; access to satellite TV is limited; 1 state-controlled domestic radio station and 9 FM stations that are joint state-private ventures; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available in parts of Burma; the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia (RFA), BBC Burmese service, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Radio Australia use shortwave to broadcast in Burma; VOA, RFA, and DVB produce daily TV news programs that are transmitted by satellite to audiences in Burma