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Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 1,165,828 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 72

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total subscriptions: 16,433,055 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 59 (July 2016 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 63

Telephone system:
general assessment: cell phone penetration growing rapidly (2016)
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, GSM and CDMA mobile-cellular telephone systems; fixed-line teledensity remains low by regional standards but mobile cellular use expanding apace (2016)
international: country code - 967; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti (2016)

Broadcast media:
state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed (2007)

Internet country code:
.ye

Internet users:
total: 6,732,928 (July 2016 est.)
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percent of population: 24.6% (July 2016 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 63

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
total: 430,400 (2017 est.)
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 85