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Telephones -
main lines in use | 4.5 million (2006) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 13.3 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems
international: country code - 966; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 117 (1997) | | | Internet country code | .sa | | | Internet users | 3.2 million (2006) | |
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