Saudi Arabia Communications 2007, CIA World Factbook




Saudi Arabia Communications 2007 https://allcountries.org/wfb2007/saudi_arabia/saudi_arabia_communications.html SOURCE: 2007 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
4.5 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
19.663 million (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems
international: country code - 966; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
117 (1997)

Internet country code:
.sa

Internet hosts:
18,369 (2007)

Internet users:
4.7 million (2006)

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