Communications in Israel:
Telephones - main lines in use:
2.9 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
6.4 million (2003)
Telephone system:
most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
domestic:
good system of coaxial and fiber-optic cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital
international:
3 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
3.07 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
24 (plus 31 low-power repeaters), 4 Cable and Satellite companies (1997)
Televisions:
1.69 million (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
23 (1999)
People connected to the internet:
2.1 million (2003)
People connected to DSL or Cable internet connection:
1.3 million (2003)
Country code (Top-level domain): IL
See also