Telephones - main lines in use 700,000 (1999)

Telephones - mobile cellular 580,000 (1999)

Telephone system
general assessment: telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay and cable
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; microwave radio relay to Syria but inoperable beyond Syria to Jordan; 3 submarine coaxial cables

Radio broadcast stations AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)

Radios 2.85 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations 15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions 1.18 million (1997)

Internet country code .lb

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 22 (2000)

Internet users 300,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Lebanon on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lebanon Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lebanon Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.