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Jordan:
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Other pages in this profile of Jordan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 614,000 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 99.1 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 4.771 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 769.7 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services; Internet penetration remains modest and slow-growing domestic: 1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and teledensity is approaching 75 per 100 persons international: country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition FM 31 (2007) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 22 (2007) |
Internet country code |
Definition .jo |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2,500 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.4 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 796,900 (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 128.6 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 17 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 15 over 3,047 m: 7 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 2 under 914 m: 2 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition gas 426 km; oil 49 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 505 km narrow gauge: 505 km 1.050-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 7,601 km paved: 7,601 km (2005) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 26 ships (1000 GRT or over) 384,778 GRT/510,752 DWT by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 10, container 1, passenger/cargo 9, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 3 foreign-owned: 15 (UAE 15) registered in other countries: 21 (Algeria 4, Bahamas 2, Panama 13, Syria 2) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Al 'Aqabah |
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