Lesotho

Telephones - main lines in use:
53,100 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
456,000 (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: rudimentary system consisting of a modest but growing 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 tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service is expanding with a subscribership approaching 25 per 100 persons; rural services are scant
international: country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 1 (2007)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2007)
Internet country code:
.ls
Internet hosts:
83 (2008)
Internet users:
70,000 (2007)