ain lines in use:
1.547 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
14.021 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted
telecommunications throughout Iraq including international
connections; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and
international communications through fiber optic links are in
progress; the mobile cellular market has expanded rapidly with an
estimated 14 million current users in 2007
domestic: repairs to switches and lines destroyed during 2003
continue; additional switching capacity is improving access;
cellular service is available and centered on 3 GSM networks which
are being expanded beyond their regional roots, improving
country-wide connectivity; wireless local loop licenses have been
issued with the hope of overcoming the lack of fixed-line
infrastructure
international: country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 4 (2
Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik -
Atlantic Ocean region, and 1 Arabsat (inoperative)); local microwave
radio relay connects border regions to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and
Turkey; planned international fiber-optic connections to Iran
(terrestrial) with a link to the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe
(FLAG) submarine fiber-optic cable (2007)
Radio broadcast stations:
after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately
80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq (2004)
Radios:
4.85 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
21 (2004)
Televisions:
1.75 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.iq
Internet hosts:
3 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
54,000 (2007)
Transportation
Iraq
Airports:
110 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 76
over 3,047 m: 19
2,438 to 3,047 m: 37
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 9 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 34
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 10 (2007)
Heliports:
17 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 2,250 km; liquid petroleum gas 918 km; oil 5,509 km; refined
products 1,637 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 2,272 km
standard gauge: 2,272 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:
total: 44,900 km
paved: 37,851 km
unpaved: 7,049 km (2002)
Waterways:
5,279 km
note: Euphrates River (2,8
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