Communications in Israel: The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ...

Telephones - main lines in use: 2.9 million (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 6.4 million (2003)

Telephone system: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest

domestic: good system of coaxial and fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital international: 3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios: 3.07 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 24 (plus 31 low-power repeaters), 4 Cable and Satellite companies (1997)

Televisions: 1.69 million (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 23 (1999)

People connected to the internet: 2.1 million (2003)

People connected to DSL or Cable internet connection: 1.3 million (2003)

Country codes: IL (Top-level domain), 972 (PSTN) A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any URL. For example, in the domain name wikipedia. ... The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concentration of the worlds public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concentration of the worlds public IP-based packet-switched networks. ...

See also

• Bezeq - Israel's national communications provider. Mainly provides terrestrial telephone service.
• Pelephone - Wireless operator (CDMA IS-95 / CDMA2000/EV-DO).
• Cellcom - Wireless operator (IS-136 TDMA, GSM 1800, and UMTS).
• Orange - Wireless operator (GSM 900/1800 and UMTS). An independent licensee of Orange SA.
• MiRS - Wireless opeartor (iDEN).