(2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$9.524 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$5.297 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$NA

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$NA

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$16.16 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

Omani rial (OMR)

Currency code:

OMR

Exchange rates:

Omani rials (OMR) per US dollar - 0.3845 (2007), 0.3845 (2006),
0.3845 (2005), 0.3845 (2004), 0.3845 (2003)

Communications
Oman

Telephones - main lines in use:

268,100 (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

2.5 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system consisting of open-wire,
microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited
coaxial cable
domestic: fixed-line phone service gradually being introduced to
remote villages using wireless local loop systems; fixed-line and
mobile-cellular subscribership both increasing; open-wire,
microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite
system with 8 earth stations
international: country code - 968; the Fiber-Optic Link Around the
Globe (FLAG) and the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable provide
connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)

Radios:

1.4 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

13 (plus 25 repeaters) (1999)

Televisions:

1.6 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.om

Internet hosts:

4,785 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

340,000 (2007)

Transportation
Oman

Airports:

137 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 7
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 130
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 35
under 914 m: 34 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Pipelines:

gas 4,126 km; oil 3,558 km (2007)

Roadways:

total: 42,300 km
paved: 16,500 km (includes 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 25,800 km (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 3
by type: chemical tanker 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1
registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 2) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Mina' Qabus, Salalah