Basic Country Facts

Communications Telephones: 677,793 (1993 est.) Telephone system: modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable international: satell Communications Telephones: 233,000 (1987 est.) Telephone system: the system is above the African average; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international: 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat with back-up control station; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 8, shortwave 0 Radios: 1,693,527 (1991 est.) Television broadcast stations: 19 Televisions: 670,000 (1992 est.) ite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia Radio broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 3, shortwave 0 Radios: 545,000 (1992 est.) Television broadcast stations: 12 Televisions: 170,000 (1993 est.)