| Telephones - main lines in use | 1.075 million (2011) | | Telephones - mobile cellular | 11.668 million (2011) | | Telephone system | general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, GSM and CDMA mobile-cellular telephone systems; fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity remains low by regional standards
international: country code - 967; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti | | Broadcast media | state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed (2007) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998) | | Television broadcast stations | 3 (including one Egypt-based station that broadcasts in Yemen); plus several repeaters (2007) | | Internet country code | .ye | | Internet hosts | 33,206 (2012) | | Internet users | 2.349 million (2009) |
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