Telephone
Country Code: 00968
Landlines in use: 254,051(2010 - Feb) Prepaid (36,430) - Postpaid (210,816)- Public Pay-phone (6,805)
Mobile cellular: 4,131,922 (2010 - Feb) Prepaid (3,767,218) – Postpaid (364,704)
Domestic: open wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, limited coaxial cable and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations. International: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat.
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