Communications Of Lebanon

Telephones main lines in use 678,800 (2002)
 
Telephones mobile cellular 775,100 (2002)
 
Telephone system
general assessment: telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay and cable
international: country code - 961; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; microwave radio relay to Syria but inoperable beyond Syria to Jordan; 3 submarine coaxial cables
 
Radio broadcast stations AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)
 
Radios 2.85 million (1997)
 
Television broadcast stations 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)
 
Televisions 1.18 million (1997)
 
Internet country code .lb
 
Internet hosts 6,998 (2004)
 
Internet Service Providers ISPs   22 (2000)
Internet users 400,000 (2002)

 

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