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Telephones -
main lines in use | 646,300 (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 2.421 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties; most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 171, FM 73, shortwave 77 (1999) | | Television broadcast
stations | 48 (1997) | | | Internet country code | .bo | | | Internet users | 480,000 (2005) | |
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