Telephones - main lines in use:
97,600 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.822 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: service to general public is poor but improving; the government relies on a radiotelephone network to communicate with remote areas
domestic: multiple service providers; mobile cellular usage growing rapidly; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership approaching 30 per 100 persons
international: country code - 856; satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and a second to be developed by China (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 14, shortwave 2 (2006)

Television broadcast stations:
7 (includes 1 station relaying Vietnam Television from Hanoi) (2006)

Internet country code:
.la

Internet hosts:
1,661 (2009)

Internet users:
130,000 (2008)