Communications in Brunei

Communications in Brunei. Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information is understood the same way Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام

1 Telecommunications
- 1.1 Telephones
2 Radio
3 Television
4 Internet
- 4.1 Broadband access
5 See also

Telecommunications

Telephones

Telephone service throughout the country is excellent. Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information International service is good to Europe, US and East Asia

Main lines in use: 90,000 (2002)
Mobile phones:250,000 (2007)
Mobile Subscribers: 177,300 (2003E)
Satellite earth stations: 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. Intelsat Ltd is the world’s largest commercial Satellite communications services provider The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions
Digital submarine cable links to Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. A cable is one or more Wires or Optical fibers bound together typically in a common protective jacket or sheath For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Singapore The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP

Radio

Broadcast stations: AM 3, FM 10, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 362,712 (2000)

Television

Broadcast stations: 2 (1997)
Televisions: 216,223 (2000)

Internet

Internet Service Providers: 2 (2003), Brunet (part of Jabatan Telekom Brunei) and Simpurnet of DSTCom
Country code: .bn

Broadband access

Brunei's internet service is monopolized by a recently corporated company TelBru under their "Brunet" department. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit Shortwave Radio operates between the frequencies of 3000 KHz (3 An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical Codes ( Geocodes developed to represent countries and dependent areas for use in data processing Brunei Darussalam, (bruːˈnaɪ in English officially the State of Brunei Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam Jawi: برني دارالسلام ADSL speeds range from 512 kbit/s to the maximum speed of 1 Mbit/s through ADSL broadband. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper Telephone 1 Mbit/s was only recently introduced in 2006 and priced at BND$308 per month (Equivalent to Singapore currency). It is known that the Brunei's broadband ranging from 512 kbit/s to 1 Mbit/s is one the most expensive in the world. The limited market in Brunei means that development in the telecommunications sector is stagnant. Currently only about 11000 users out of a population of 380,000 have any connection to the Internet. However, more and more users are subscribing to 3G Mobile services. Broadband coverage has spanned the whole of Brunei since the release of "E-Speed 2".

Pricing of ADSL service in Brunei

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