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Telephones -
main lines in use:
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12+ million (2002)
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Telephones -
mobile cellular:
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4+ million (2003)
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Telephone
system:
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general
assessment: inadequate but currently being
modernized and expanded with the goal of not only
improving the efficiency and increasing the volume
of the urban service but also bringing telephone
service to several thousand villages, not presently
connected
domestic: as a result of heavy investing in
the telephone system since 1994, the number of
long-distance channels in the microwave radio relay
trunk has grown substantially; many villages have
been brought into the net; the number of main lines
in the urban systems has approximately doubled; and
thousands of mobile cellular subscribers are being
served; moreover, the technical level of the system
has been raised by the installation of thousands of
digital switches
international: HF radio and microwave radio
relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan,
Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and
Uzbekistan; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with
access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG);
Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from
Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to
Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and
Azerbaijan; satellite earth stations - 9 Intelsat
and 4 Inmarsat |
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Radio broadcast
stations:
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AM 72, FM 5,
shortwave 5 (1998) |
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Radios:
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17+ million (2003)
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Television
broadcast stations:
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28 (plus 450
low-power repeaters) (1997) |
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Televisions:
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12+ million (2003)
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Internet country
code:
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.ir |
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Internet Service
Providers (ISPs):
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100+ (2002)
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Internet users:
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1.326 million (2002
est.) |
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