| Communications | West Bank |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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132 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.405 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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937 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: continuing political and economic instability has impeded significant liberalization of the telecommunications industry
domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services; PALTEL plans to establish a fiber-optic connection to Jordan to route domestic mobile calls; the Palestinian JAWWAL company and WATANIYA PALESTINE provide cellular services
international: country code - 970; 1 international switch in Ramallah (2009) (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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the Palestinian Authority operates 1 television and 1 radio station; about 30 independent TV and 25 radio stations operating; Jordanian TV is available; satellite TV is accessible (2008) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 0, FM 27, shortwave 0 (2010) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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void |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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95,132 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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31 (2010) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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82,857 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ps; note - same as Gaza Strip |
Internet hosts:
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void |
Internet users:
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1.379 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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537 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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