Communications in Yemen (original) (raw)

**Telephones - main lines in use:**188,000 (1998)

**Telephones - mobile cellular:**8,250 (1995)

**Telephone system:**since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
_domestic:_the network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, and tropospheric scatter
_international:_satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti

**Radio broadcast stations:**AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)

**Radios:**1.05 million (1997)

**Television broadcast stations:**7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)

**Televisions:**470,000 (1997)

**Internet Service Providers (ISPs):**1 (1999)

Country code (Top level domain): YE

See also : Yemen