Communications Saudi Arabia

Telephones - main lines in use:

3.9 million (2002 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.9 million (2002 est.)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system

domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and

fiber-optic cable systems

international: microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait,

Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan;

submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth

stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1

Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

6.25 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

117 (1997)

Televisions:

5.1 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.sa

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

22 (2003)

Internet users:

1.453 million (2002)

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