Telephones - main lines in use:

681,400 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.26 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete
domestic: two wireless networks provide good service; political instability hampers privatization and deployment of new technologies; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership approaching 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 961; submarine cable link to Cyprus; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 20, FM 22, shortwave 4 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:

.lb

Internet hosts:

5,635 (2007)

Internet users:

950,000 (2006)