Communications in Yemen
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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)
E-commerce: www.goyemen.com, the first Electronic Commerce website was launced in 2005, currently the site offers services similar to Ebay. Go Yemen allows the users to post services and products without paying any fees.
Country code (Top level domain): YE
- See also : Yemen