Communication in Jordan
Telephone System
General Assesment
Service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment, but better access to the telephone system is needed in the rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban public.
Domestic
Microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; considerable use of mobile cellular systems; Internet service is available.
International
Satellite earth stations - 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; connection to international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); participant in MEDARABTEL; international links total about 4,000.
International Dialing Code
962
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1999)
Television Broadcast Stations
20 (plus 96 repeaters) (1995)
Internet Top Level Domain
.jo
Internet Users
629,500
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown