Communications in Iran
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This a list of communication means in the country of Iran.
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Telephone
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 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 swiches
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; full Internet service is available in all major cities and it is very rapidly increasing. Many small towns and even some villages now have full Internet access.
Other statistics
- Main lines in use: 14,571,100 (2003 est.)
- Mobile cellular: 3,376,500 (2003 est.)
Radio
- Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)
- Number of Radios: 22 million (2005)</p>
Television
- Television broadcast stations: 28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)
- Number of Televisions: 9 million (2005)
Internet
The internet is being used in Iran more and more. The Internet has become an expanding means to accessing information and self-expression among the younger population. Iran is also the fourth largest country of bloggers.
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): numerous (2002)
- Country code (Top-level domain): IR
- Internet users: 7.5 million(2005)