Lebanon Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
678,800 (2002 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
775,100 (2002 est.)
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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.lb
Internet hosts:
6,998 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
400,000 (2002 est.)
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