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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 40
4.069 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 62
11.696 million (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
Fair system currently undergoing significant improvement and digital upgrades, including fiber-optic technology and expansion of the network to rural areas Domestic The number of fixed-line connections has increased markedly since 2000; mobile-cellular service growing with telephone subscribership exceeding 50 per 100 persons in 2010 International Country code - 963; submarine cable connection to Egypt, Lebanon, and Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey; participant in Medarabtel Broadcast media
State-run TV and radio broadcast networks; state operates 2 TV networks and a satellite channel; roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts; 3 state-run radio channels; first private radio station launched in 2005; private radio broadcasters prohibited from transmitting news or political content (2007) Internet country code
.sy
Internet hosts World Ranking: 187
420 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 52
4.469 million (2009)
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