Editing Telecommunications in Bhutan (section)

==Telephones==
{{See also |Telephone numbers in Bhutan}}

* Main lines: 27,900 lines in use, 179th in the world (2012).<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bhutan/ "Communications"], Bhutan, ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 5 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.</ref>
* Mobile cellular: 560,000 lines, 165th in the world (2012).<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/>
* Telephone system:
** general assessment: Urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services (2012);<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/>
** domestic: very low tele-density, domestic service is poor especially in rural areas, mobile cellular service available since 2003 is now widely available (2012);<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/>
** international: international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through [[India]] (2012);<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/>
** satellite earth station: 1 Intelsat (2012).<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/>
* [[Country codes]]: Bhutan +975,<ref name=WFB-2013-Bhutan/> [[Phuentsholing]] (0)1, [[Thimphu]] (0)2, [[Bumthang (town)|Bumthang]] (0)3, [[Paro, Bhutan|Paro]] (0)8.