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Average cost of local call	0.01		[148th of 151]
DVD region	2		[138th of 171]
Fax machines	0.7 per 1,000 people		[74th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	307.36 per 1,000 people		[93rd of 193]
Households with television > %	80.1 %		[70th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	2,950,000		[68th of 198]
Number of PCs	600		[62nd of 169]
Personal computers	800,000		[20th of 164]
Phone subscribers	115		[120th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1
Radio receivers	4,150,000		[62nd of 188]
Radios	4,150,000		[63rd of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing rapidly and teledensity about 35 wireless telephones per 100 persons; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay network
Telephone system > International country code - 963; submarine cable connection to 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; participant in Medarabtel
Telephones > Main lines in use	3,452,000		[35th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	6,700,000		[60th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	44		[17th of 89]
Television receivers	1,050,000		[77th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	SECAM B
Televisions	1,050,000		[79th of 215]

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