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Telephones - main lines in use:
43,100 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 168
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.312 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 153
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest number of landlines, a small microwave radio relay system, and a small radiotelephone communication system; mobile-cellular telephone system is expanding
domestic: privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho was tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service dominates the market and is expanding with a subscribership roughly 65 per 100 persons in 2011; rural services are scant
international: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)

Broadcast media:
1 state-owned TV station and 2 state-owned radio stations; government controls most private broadcast media; satellite TV subscription service available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters obtainable (2008)

Internet country code:
.ls

Internet hosts:
11,030 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 131
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
76,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 168
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]