Lebanon-Communications

Published: 31 Oct 2008 01:38:13 PST

Telephones - main lines in use:   
714,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89 
 
Telephones - mobile cellular:   
1.43 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 136 
 
Telephone system:   
general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete
domestic: two mobile-cellular networks provide good service; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership exceeds 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 961; submarine cable links to Cyprus, Egypt, and Syria; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria (2008)
 
Radio broadcast stations:   
AM 20, FM 30 (plus about a dozen unlicensed stations operating), shortwave 4 (2009)
 
Television broadcast stations:   
12 (2009)
 
Internet country code:   
.lb
 
Internet hosts:   
45,352 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 86 
 
Internet users:   
2.19 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 67