Communications of Lebanon
Telephones - main lines in use: | 681,400 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 1.178 million (2005) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete domestic: 2 commercial wireless networks provide good service; political instability hampers privatization and deployment of new technologies international: country code - 961; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; 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: | 3,307 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 22 (2000) |
Internet users: | 700,000 (2005) |