Communications in Lebanon
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Telephones - main lines in use: 700,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 600,000 (2003)
Telephone system:
telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway
domestic:
primarily microwave radio relay and cable
international:
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 1, FM 32, shortwave 0 (2004)
Radios: 2.85 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 28 (1997)
Televisions: 1.18 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 19 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): LB
[1] (http://www.alosmart.com)Lebanon calling card average price = $0.10 per minute
- See also : LebanonTemplate:Leb-stub