| People | Saudi Arabia |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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4.5 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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160 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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19.663 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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699 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing rapidly
international: country code - 966; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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654,917 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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908,433 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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14,080,709 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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117 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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240,696 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.sa |
Internet hosts:
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18,369 (2007) |
Internet users:
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4.7 million (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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167 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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