Iraq: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 1.997 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 33.559 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 91 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and international communications have slowed due to the ongoing conflict with ISIL domestic: the mobile cellular market continues to expand (cell phones were banned prior to 2003 under the SADDAM regime); 3G services offered by three major mobile operators in 2015; ongoing conflict has destroyed infrastructure in areas international: country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region, and 1 Arabsat (inoperative)); local microwave radio relay connects border regions to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Tur (2015) |
Broadcast media | the number of private radio and TV stations has increased rapidly since 2003; government-owned TV and radio stations are operated by the publicly funded Iraqi Media Network; private broadcast media are mostly linked to political, ethnic, or religious grou (2015) |
Internet country code | .iq |
Internet users | total: 6.381 million percent of population: 17.2% (July 2015 est.) |