Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 3,464,846
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 43

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 12,350,927
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 72 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 77

Telephone system:
general assessment: the armed insurgency that began in 2011 has led to major disruptions to the network and has caused telephone and Internet outages throughout the country
domestic: the number of fixed-line connections increased markedly prior to the civil war in 2011; mobile-cellular service stands at about 70 per 100 persons
international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Egypt, Lebanon, and 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 (2016)

Broadcast media:
state-run TV and radio broadcast networks; state operates 2 TV networks and a satellite channel; roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts; 3 state-run radio channels; first private radio station launched in 2005; private radio broadcasters prohibited from transmitting news or political content (2007)

Internet country code:
.sy

Internet users:
total: 5,476,850
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 31.9% (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 72