| Communications |
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
585,500 (2007) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
4.771 million (2007) |
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Telephone system: |
general assessment: service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services; Internet penetration remains modest and slow-growing
domestic: 1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and teledensity reached 80 per 100 persons in 2007
international: country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel (2007) |
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Radio broadcast stations: |
FM 31 (2007) |
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Television broadcast stations: |
22 (2007) |
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Internet country code: |
.jo |
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Internet hosts: |
21,150 (2008) |
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Internet users: |
1.127 million (2007) |
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