Syria: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 4.082 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 13.904 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 81 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | general assessment: the armed insurgency that began in 2011 has led to major disruptions to the network and has caused telephone and Internet outages throughout the country domestic: the number of fixed-line connections increased markedly prior to the civil war in 2011; mobile-cellular service stands at about 80 per 100 persons 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; pa (2015) |
Broadcast media | state-run TV 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 la (2007) |
Internet country code | .sy |
Internet users | total: 5.116 million percent of population: 30% (July 2015 est.) |