Communications in Jordan

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Communications in Jordan occur across many media, including telephone, radio, television, and internet.

Contents 1 Telephone 2 Radio 2.1 Media and Communications Providers 2.2 FM Stations 3 Television 4 Internet 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Telephone

• Telephones - main lines in use: 622,600 (as of 2003)

• Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,100,000 (Approx, June, 2006)

• Digital Radio Trunking:100,000 (Unofficial, Nov'07)

In Mid 2004, XPress Telecom was launched as the country's digital radio trunking operator.

• Telephone system: The service has improved recently with the increased use of digital switching equipment, but better access to the telephone system is needed in some rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban public.

domestic: Microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; considerable use is made of mobile cellular systems; Internet service is available.

international: satellite earth stations - 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; connection to international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); participant in MEDARABTEL; international links total about 4,000.

[edit] Radio

• Radios: 1.66 million (as of 1997)

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[edit] Media and Communications Providers

• Seagulls - www.seagullscommunications.com

[edit] FM Stations

• Ahlen FM 97.1 - www.ahlenfm.com
• BBC Arabic
• Beat 102.5 FM - www.mybeat.fm
• Mood FM - www.mood.fm
• Mazaj FM 95.3 FM- www.mazajfm.com
• Fann(Art) FM
• Radio Jordan FM - broadcasting in English
• Radio Jordan French
• Amman FM
• Watan FM,
• Yarmouk FM - Yarmouk University in Irbid
• Sawt Ma'an - Al-Hussein University, Ma'an, southern Jordan
• Melody FM
• Radio Rotana
• Radio Panorama
• Radio Monte Carlo - RFi,
• Radio Sawa - VOA
• Ammannet

[edit] Television

• Television broadcast stations: 20 (plus 96 repeaters) (as of 1995)

• Televisions: 500,000 (as of 1997)

[edit] Internet

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• Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3,160 (as of 2004)

• Internet users:: 457,000 (as of 2003)

• Country code top-level domain (ccTLD): .JO

[edit] References

• This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

[edit] See also

• Jordan
• Zain Jordan
• Orange Jordan
• XPress
• Umniah

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