Telephones - main lines in use:
201,000 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
59,822 (1997)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable
domestic: open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Radios:
1.4 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
13 (plus 25 low-power repeaters) (1999)
Televisions:
1.6 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.om
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
120,000 (2002)
NOTE: The information regarding Oman on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Oman Communications 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.