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Middle East > Iraq > Media

IRAQI MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Cinemas 144 Time series [42nd of 61]
DVD region 2 [125th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 57.32 per 1,000 people Time series [149th of 193]
Mobile phone subscribers 574,000 Time series [111st of 198]
Number of PCs 200 [93rd of 169]
Personal computers 200,000 Time series [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
Radio receivers 4,850,000 Time series [56th of 188]
Radios 4,850,000 [59th of 221]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 0.06 % GDP Time series [100th of 167]
Telephone mainlines 1,034,240 Time series [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
Telephones > Main lines in use 1,547,000 Time series [57th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 14,021,000 Time series [35th of 186]
Television broadcast stations 21 Time series [8th of 89]
Television receivers 1,750,000 Time series [63rd of 185]
Television standard > VHF SECAM B
Televisions 1,750,000 [66th of 215]

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SOURCES: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Amazon.com; World Development Indicators database; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Tenlab May 2002

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

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