Syria Communications 2008, CIA World Factbook




Syria Communications 2008 https://allcountries.org/wfb2008/syria/syria_communications.html SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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

Telephones - mobile cellular:
4.675 million (2006)

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 and teledensity has reached 25 wireless telephones per 100 persons; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to 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:
119 (2007)

Internet users:
1.5 million (2006)

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