Telephones - main lines in use:
7.035 million (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
27.379 million (2005)

Telephone system:
general assessment: high quality system, especially in urban areas
like Bangkok; WTO requirement for privatization of telecom sector is
planned to be complete by 2006
domestic: fixed line system provided by both a government owned and
commercial provider; wireless service expanding rapidly and
outpacing fixed lines
international: country code - 66; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean); landing country for
APCN submarine cable

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 204, FM 334, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:
13.96 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
111 (2006)

Televisions:
15.19 million (1997)

Internet country code:
.th

Internet hosts:
938,784 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
15 (2000)

Internet users:
8.42 million (2005)

Transportation Thailand

Airports:
108 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 66
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 5 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 42
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 26 (2006)

Heliports:
3 (2006)

Pipelines:
gas 3,760 km; refined products 379 km (2006)

Railways:
total: 4,071 km
narrow gauge: 4,071 km 1.000-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 57,403 km
paved: 56,542 km
unpaved: 861 km (2000)

Waterways:
4,000 km
note: 3,701 km navigable by boats with drafts up to 0.9 m (2005)

Merchant marine:
total: 400 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,808,509 GRT/4,317,320 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 60, cargo 145, chemical tanker 14, container
21, liquefied gas 29, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum
tanker 91, refrigerated cargo 32, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 45 (China 1, Egypt 1, Indonesia 1, Japan 4, Norway
30, Singapore 6, UK 2)
registered in other countries: 34 (Bahamas 1, Mongolia 1, Panama 9,
Singapore 22, Tuvalu 1) (2006)

Ports and terminals:
Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha

Military Thailand

Military branches:
Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN, includes Royal Thai
Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (Knogtap Agard Thai, RTAF) (2006)

Military service age and obligation:
21 years of age for compulsory military service; m