Short facts about communications in Gaza Strip

Telephones - main lines in use:

95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

NA

Telephone system:

general assessment:  NA domestic:  rudimentary telephone services provided by an open wire system international:  NA

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 0, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)

Television broadcast stations:

2 (operated by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation) (1997)

Televisions:

NA; note - most Palestinian households have televisions (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (1999)

Internet users:

23,520 (1999) (includes West Bank)

Source: World Factbook