• Telephones - main lines in use in Bhutan
  Bhutan
  Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
  
  : 29,900 (2007)
• Telephones - mobile cellular: 149,400 (2007)

• Telephone system:
  • general assessment: urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services
  • domestic: very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003
  • international: country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
    
    ; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (2007)

• Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1 (1997) Satellite radio services carrying major foreign stations (BBC
  BBC
  The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
  
  , CNN
  CNN
  Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
  
   etc.) are accessible.
• Radios: 37,000 (1997)
• Television broadcast stations: 1 (2007). Cable TV is readily and cheaply available in the larger centres, carrying the Indian HBO, Zee and Star networks. The Bhutan Broadcasting Service
  Bhutan Broadcasting Service
  The Bhutan Broadcasting Service is the national radio and television service in Bhutan. A public service corporation, it is fully funded by the State and it is currently the only service to offer both radio and television to the Kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside...
  
   first commenced television transmissions in June 1999, one of the last countries in the world to do so.
• Televisions: 11,000 (1999)
• Internet Service Provider
  Internet service provider
  An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
  
  s (ISPs): Bhutan's main and only ISP is Druknet, owned by Bhutan Telecom. It provides a dial-up service, at a reasonable cost. Despite the ISP's excellent anti-virus software, subscribers are frequently targets for virus attacks from outside the country. Most government offices have Internet access but its use by public servants is restricted to an hour or two a day. There are Internet cafes in most large towns.
• Internet hosts: 9,046 (2008)
• Internet users: 40,000 (2007)
• Country codes: Bhutan +975 Phuentsholing (0)1 Thimphu
  Thimphu
  Thimphu also spelt Thimpu, 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 city became the capital of Bhutan in 1961...
  
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  Paro, Bhutan
  -History:Rinpung Dzong a fortress-monastery overlooking the Paro valley has a long history. A monastery was first built on the site by Padma Sambhava at the beginning of the tenth century, but it wasn't until 1646 that Ngawang Namgyal built a larger monastery on the old foundations, and for...
  
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External links

• Wireless Voice/Data Communication in Remote Bhutan