Syria Communications 2009, CIA World Factbook




Syria Communications 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/syria/syria_communications.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
3.452 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.7 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology
domestic: the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing rapidly with teledensity reaching 35 wireless telephones per 100 persons in 2007; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network still in use
international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.sy

Internet hosts:
7,857 (2008)

Internet users:
3.47 million (2007)

NOTE: The information regarding Syria on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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