Telephones: By the end of 2002, the region had installed 197,400 household telephones; the number of mobile phone users had reached 206,500, an increase of 93,700 over the preceding year. The number of Internet subscribers also reached 5,865.
Radio and TV stations: The region has a total of 34 short and medium wave radio transmission and relay stations, covering 82.6 percent of the region's total population. It also has 3,311 TV transmission and relay stations, covering 81.1 percent of its total population.
