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Middle East > Iraq > Media

IRAQI MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Cinemas 144 [42nd of 68]
DVD region 2 [125th of 171]
Number of PCs 200 [93rd of 169]
Radio broadcast stations
after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq (2004)
Radios 4,850,000 [59th of 221]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 625000 ...
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 0.06 % GDP ... [100th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 7324000 ...
Telephone employees, total 13,386 ... [50th of 194]
Telephone mainlines 1,034,240 ... [67th of 202]
Telephone subscribers 1,608,240 ... [93rd of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee 50.64 ... [53rd of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
repairs to switches and lines destroyed during 2003 have been completed, but sabotage remains a problem; additional switching capacity is improving access; cellular service is widely available in major cities and centered on 3 regional GSM networks, improving country-wide connectivity; there are currently 8.7 million users of cellular services
Telephone system > General assessment
the aftermath of the liberation of Iraq in 2003 severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; USAID repaired switching capabilities and constructed a mobile and satellite communication facility; landlines now exceed pre-war levels
Telephone system > International
country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; despite a new satellite gateway, international calls outside of Baghdad are sometimes problematic (2006)
Telephones > Main lines in use 1,547,000 [61st of 225]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 8,700,000 [43rd of 220]
Television broadcast stations 21 [66th of 220]
Television standard > VHF SECAM B
Televisions 1,750,000 [66th of 215]

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SOURCES: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Amazon.com; ITU; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; Tenlab May 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah, Al Iraq

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