Telephones - main lines in use:

3.005 million (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

8.404 million (2006)

Telephone system:

general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital; four privately-owned mobile-cellular service providers with countrywide coverage; mobile-cellular teledensity is more than 130 per 100 persons
international: country code - 972; submarine cables provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

17 (plus 36 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.il

Internet hosts:

671,030 (2007)

Internet users:

1.899 million (2006)