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Average cost of local call
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0.04 |
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[105th of 151]
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DVD region
|
2 |
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[141st of 171]
|
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Newspapers
|
5 |
|
[47th of 67]
|
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Number of PCs
|
300 |
|
[80th of 169]
|
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Radios
|
1,660,000 |
|
[93rd of 221]
|
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Telephone mainlines
|
637,811
|
...
|
[84th of 202]
|
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Telephone subscribers
|
2,261,921
|
...
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[80th of 199]
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Telephone subscribers per employee
|
444.04
|
...
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[44th of 191]
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Telephone system > Domestic
microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; considerable use of mobile cellular systems; Internet service is available |
Telephone system > General assessment
service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment, but better access to the telephone system is needed in the rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban public |
Telephone system > International
country code - 962; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals; fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; connection to international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); participant in MEDARABTEL; international links total about 4,000 |
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Telephone system > Regulation
|
1995 |
|
|
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Telephone systems > Privatisation
|
2000 |
|
|
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Telephones > Main lines in use
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628,200
|
|
[89th of 225]
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Telephones > Mobile cellular
|
3,013,000
|
|
[71st of 220]
|
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Television broadcast stations
|
20
|
|
[70th of 220]
|
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Television standard > UHF
|
PAL G |
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|
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Television standard > VHF
|
PAL B |
|
|
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Televisions
|
500,000 |
|
[102nd of 215]
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Website defacements
|
6 |
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[82nd of 129]
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