Oman:
Communications & Transportation


Telephones - main lines in use	278,300 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular	1.818 million (2006)
Telephone system	general assessment: modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable domestic: open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations international: country code - 968; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations	AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 (1999)
Television broadcast stations	13 (plus 25 repeaters) (1999)
Internet country code	.om
Internet hosts	3,763 (2007)
Internet users	319,200 (2006)

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 4,072 km; oil 3,405 km (2006)
Roadways	total: 34,965 km paved: 9,673 km (includes 550 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,292 km (2001)
Merchant marine	total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 12,155 GRT/7,244 DWT by type: chemical tanker 1, passenger 1 registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2007)
Ports and terminals	Mina' Qabus, Salalah