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Cinemas
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144 |
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[42nd of 61]
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DVD region
|
2 |
|
[125th of 171]
|
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Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
|
57.32 per 1,000 people
|
|
[149th of 193]
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Mobile phone subscribers
|
574,000
|
|
[111st of 198]
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Number of PCs
|
200 |
|
[93rd of 169]
|
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Personal computers
|
200,000
|
|
[77th of 164]
|
Radio broadcast stations
after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq |
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Radio receivers
|
4,850,000 |
|
[56th of 188]
|
|
Radios
|
4,850,000 |
|
[59th of 221]
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|
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
|
0.06 % GDP
|
|
[100th of 167]
|
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Telephone mainlines
|
1,034,240
|
|
[67th of 202]
|
Telephone system > Domestic
repairs to switches and lines destroyed during 2003 continue; additional switching capacity is improving access; cellular service is available and centered on 3 GSM networks which are being expanded beyond their regional roots, improving country-wide connectivity; wireless local loop licenses have been issued with the hope of overcoming the lack of fixed-line infrastructure |
Telephone system > General assessment
the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and international communications through fiber optic links are in progress; the mobile cellular market has expanded rapidly with an estimated 14 million current users in 2007 |
Telephone system > 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 Turkey; planned international fiber-optic connections to Iran (terrestrial) with a link to the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine fiber-optic cable |
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Telephones > Main lines in use
|
1,547,000 |
|
[57th of 174]
|
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Telephones > Mobile cellular
|
14,021,000 |
|
[35th of 186]
|
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Television broadcast stations
|
21 |
|
[8th of 89]
|
|
Television receivers
|
1,750,000 |
|
[63rd of 185]
|
|
Television standard > VHF
|
SECAM B |
|
|
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Televisions
|
1,750,000 |
|
[66th of 215]
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