Communications in Yemen
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
