| Telephones - main lines in use | 4.345 million (2011) | | Telephones - mobile cellular | 13.117 million (2011) | | Telephone system | general assessment: fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology and expansion of the network to rural areas; the armed insurgency that began in 2011 has led to major disruptions to the network and has caused telephone and Internet outages throughout the country
domestic: the number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing with telephone subscribership nearly 60 per 100 persons in 2011
international: country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Egypt, Lebanon, and 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 | | Broadcast media | state-run TV and radio broadcast networks; state operates 2 TV networks and a satellite channel; roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts; 3 state-run radio channels; first private radio station launched in 2005; private radio broadcasters prohibited from transmitting news or political content (2007) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 14, FM 15, shortwave 26 (2010) | | Television broadcast stations | 44 (plus 17 repeaters) (1995) | | Internet country code | .sy | | Internet hosts | 416 (2012) | | Internet users | 4.469 million (2009) |
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