Lebanon Communications 2008, CIA World Factbook




Lebanon Communications 2008 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/lebanon/lebanon_communications.html SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
681,400 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.103 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete
domestic: two wireless networks provide good service; political instability hampers privatization and deployment of new technologies; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership approaching 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 961; submarine cable link to Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.lb

Internet hosts:
5,635 (2007)

Internet users:
950,000 (2006)

NOTE: The information regarding Lebanon on this page is re-published from the 2008 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lebanon Communications 2008 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lebanon Communications 2008 should be addressed to the CIA.

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