Lao PDR - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Lao PDR was 103,102.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 127,799.00 in 2008 and a minimum value of 736.00 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 736.00
1965 1,000.00
1970 1,100.00
1975 5,400.00
1976 5,700.00
1977 5,700.00
1978 5,500.00
1979 5,500.00
1980 5,500.00
1981 5,500.00
1982 5,400.00
1983 5,600.00
1984 5,800.00
1985 5,961.00
1986 6,100.00
1987 6,231.00
1988 6,468.00
1989 6,265.00
1990 6,910.00
1991 7,266.00
1992 8,510.00
1993 8,598.00
1994 18,126.00
1995 16,602.00
1996 19,468.00
1997 24,553.00
1998 28,472.00
1999 35,107.00
2000 40,876.00
2001 52,625.00
2002 61,910.00
2003 69,760.00
2004 75,000.00
2005 90,806.00
2006 92,151.00
2007 94,828.00
2008 127,799.00
2009 100,228.00
2010 103,102.00

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Lao PDR was 1.66 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.12 in 2008 and a minimum value of 0.03 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.03
1965 0.04
1970 0.04
1975 0.18
1976 0.18
1977 0.18
1978 0.17
1979 0.17
1980 0.17
1981 0.17
1982 0.16
1983 0.16
1984 0.16
1985 0.16
1986 0.16
1987 0.16
1988 0.16
1989 0.15
1990 0.16
1991 0.17
1992 0.19
1993 0.19
1994 0.39
1995 0.35
1996 0.40
1997 0.49
1998 0.56
1999 0.67
2000 0.77
2001 0.97
2002 1.13
2003 1.25
2004 1.32
2005 1.58
2006 1.58
2007 1.60
2008 2.12
2009 1.64
2010 1.66

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications