Syria Communications - 2005

https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/syria/syria_communications.html
SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,099,300 (2002)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
400,000 (2002)

Telephone system:
general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology
domestic: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 963; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); 1 submarine cable; 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:
11 (2004)

Internet users:
220,000 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Syria on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Syria Communications 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Syria Communications 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.