| Communications | Jordan |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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485,000 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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75 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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6.62 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,018 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services; Internet penetration remains modest and slow-growing
domestic: 1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; currently multiple mobile-cellular providers with subscribership rapidly approaching 100 per 100 persons
international: country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) FEA and FLAG Falcon submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations operational with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 1, FM 28 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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6,508,271 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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232,439 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (2009) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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1,627,068 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.jo |
Internet hosts:
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42,412 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.642 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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253 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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