| Communications | Syria |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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4.069 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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181 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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11.696 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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520 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology and expansion of the network to rural areas
domestic: the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing with telephone subscribership reaching nearly 50 per 100 persons in 2009
international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel |
Broadcast media:
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state-run television and radio broadcast networks; state operates 2 TV networks and a satellite channel; roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts; 3 state-run radio channels; first private radio station launched in 2005; private radio broadcasters prohibited from transmitting news or political content (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 14, FM 15, shortwave 26 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,608,411 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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1,501,184 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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866,068 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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511,768 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.sy |
Internet hosts:
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8,114 (2010) |
Internet users:
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4.469 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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199 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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