Short facts about communications in Lebanon

Telephones - main lines in use:

700,000 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

580,000 (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway domestic:  primarily microwave radio relay and cable international:  satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; microwave radio relay to Syria but inoperable beyond Syria to Jordan; 3 submarine coaxial cables

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios:

2.85 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

1.18 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.lb

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

22 (2000)

Internet users:

227,500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook