Telephones - main lines in use:
1.39 million (2009)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
45.75 million (2009)

Telephone system:
general assessment: inadequate for a modern country; fixed-line telephone density remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has been increasing rapidly and has reached 30 per 100 persons
domestic: modernizing; introducing digital systems; trunk systems include VHF and UHF microwave radio relay links, and some fiber-optic cable in cities
international: country code - 880; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 6; international radiotelephone communications and landline service to neighboring countries (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 17, FM 19, shortwave 2 (2009)

Television broadcast stations:
17 (2009)

Internet country code:
.bd

Internet hosts:
4,209 (2009)

Internet users:
556,000 (2008)