Communications in Lebanon
Telephones - main lines in use:
700,000 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
600,000 (2003)
Telephone system:
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:
28 (1997)
Televisions:
1.18 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
19 (1999)
Country code (Top-level domain): LB
- See also : Lebanon
