!!!Syria: Communication
||Telephones - fixed lines|''total subscriptions'': 4.082 million \\ ''subscriptions per 100 inhabitants'': 24 (July 2015 est.) \\ 
||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.) \\