Basic Country Facts

Communications Telephones: 632,000 (1987 est.) Telephone system: reconstitution of damaged telecommunication facilities began after the Gulf war; most damaged facilities have been rebuilt domestic: the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean Region) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 1, shortwave 0 Radios: 4.02 million (1991 est.) Television broadcast stations: 13 Televisions: 1 million (1992 est.)