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IRAQ Telecommunication*
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment:
an unknown number of telecommunication facilities were damaged during the March-April 2003
war 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 (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (1997); note - unknown number were destroyed during the March-April 2003 war |
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Internet country code:
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.iq |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000) |
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Internet users:
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12,500 (2001) |
*Iraq telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.
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