Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1.17 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 71

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 17.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 66 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 62

Telephone system:
general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, GSM and CDMA mobile-cellular telephone systems; fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains low by regional standards
international: country code - 967; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti (2006)

Broadcast media:
state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
3 (including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen); plus several repeaters (2007)

Internet country code:
.ye

Internet hosts:
33,206 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 105
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 19.1% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 67