There are four mobile operators operating in Laos: ETL, Lao Telecom, Unitel, and TPLUS. All the operators operate 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. In September 2020, Lao Telecom announced the launch of its 5G network,… Read More »Mobile Data Plans in Laos
How many people use the Internet in Laos? According to the last report from WeAreSocial, there were 3.10 million internet users in Laos in January 2020 which represents a Year on Year increase of 6.5% compared to 2019.… Read More »State of the Internet in Laos – Nov 2020
A private leased line or Domestic Private Leased Circuit (DPLC) is a dedicated communication circuit that interconnects two or more LAN sites. It acts as a dedicated private tunnel from one point to the other… Read More »What is a Private Leased Line?
Beeline Unitel Planet LTC ETL 256 Kbps LAK 350,000 LAK 150,000 LAK 150,000 LAK 150,000 512 Kbps LAK 500,000 LAK 220,000 LAK 350,000 LAK 260,000 LAK 220,000 1 Mbps LAK 1,000,000 LAK 350,000 LAK… Read More »Internet Broadband price comparison (Update Nov 2012)
IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) intended to succeed IPv4, which is the protocol currently used to direct almost all Internet traffic. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering… Read More »Which operator in Laos is IPv6 ready?
LTC (Lao Telecommunications) AS Number is 9873. Lao Telecom is a joint venture between Lao Goverment holding 51% and investors from Thailand, Shin Corporation holding 49% for a 25 year term. LTC (Lao Telecommunications) has… Read More »Laotel (LTC) Internet Traffic Analysis
ETL AS Number is 10226. ETL, Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao is a 100% State-Owned Enterprise which all of its operations are supervised by the National Authority of Posts and Telecommunications (NAPT). ETL has two upstream providers, CAT Telecom and China Telecom. This… Read More »ETL Internet Traffic Analysis
Beeline Lao AS Number is 55511. In 2011, Beeline Lao entered Laos as VimpelCom Lao, replacing former Tigo. Beeline Lao has two Thai upstream providers: CAT Telecom (AS 9931) and True International Gateway (AS 55554). The reason why Beeline is… Read More »Beeline Lao Internet Traffic Analysis
Unitel AS Number is 131267. As we can see, the unique international upstream provider of Unitel (Star Telecom) is Viettel (AS 7552). Viettel is a Vietnamese state-owned mobile network operator. Unitel (Star Telecom) is the joint venture… Read More »Unitel (Star Telecom) Internet Traffic Analysis
In the below diagrams and the next articles, every ISP is referenced by its Autonomous System (AS) Number. “Within the Internet, an Autonomous System (AS) is a collection of connected Internet Protocol (IP) routing prefixes… Read More »Planet Internet Traffic Analysis