Communications Of Iraq

Telephones main lines in use	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)
Telephones mobile cellular	20,000 (2002)
Telephone system	general assessment: the 2003 war severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; USAID is overseeing the repair of switching capability and the contruction of mobile and satellite communications facilities domestic: repairs to switches and lines destroyed in the recent fighting continue but sabotage remains a problem; cellular service is expected to be in place within two years international: country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational
Radio broadcast stations	AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)
Radios	4.85 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations	13 (1997); note - unknown number were destroyed during the March-April 2003 war
Televisions	1.75 million (1997)
Internet country code	.iq
Internet hosts
Internet Service Providers ISPs	1 (2000)
Internet users	25,000 (2002)

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