Since the 1980s, the TAE has speeded up the construction of posts and telecommunications services. Lhasa has joined the international and domestic automatic telephone network, and through program-controlled telephones, people can directly dial various places in China and more than 180 countries and regions. In addition, Tibet maintains express mail services with more than 200 large and medium-sized cities in the country. There are also two international postal lines, leading to neighboring countries via Zham Port and Yadong.

In 2007, the total value of postal services and telecommunications business in Tibet reached 3.093 billion Yuan, an increase of 43.5 percent. This included 133 million Yuan of postal services, up 18 percent, and 2.960 billion Yuan of telecommunications business, a rise of 45 percent. In the year, 66,700 phone lines were added, bringing the total capacity to 416,300 lines. The number of additional fixed telephone subscribers was 23,500, bringing the total number to 705,700, including 678,500 urban subscribers and 27,200 rural ones. A total of 300,000 mobile phone lines were added, bringing the total capacity to 1.10 million. There are 737,200 mobile users, 132,000 of which were added in 2007. At the end of the year, the total number of the fixed and mobile telephone subscribers reached 11.4429 million, an increase of 155,200 over the previous year and the telephone popularization rate reached 52 per 100 persons.

( Source : China's Tibet Facts  & Figures 2008 )