- Communications in Jordan
Communications in Jordan occur across many media, including telephone, radio, television, and internet.
Telephone
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Telephone s - main lines in use: 622,600 (as of|2003|lc=on)* Telephones - mobile cellular: 4,100,000 (Approx, June, 2006)
* Digital Radio Trunking:100,000 (Unofficial, Nov'07)"'
In Mid 2004,XPress Telecom was launched as the country's digital radio trunking operator.* Telephone system: The service has improved recently with the increased use of digital switching equipment, but better access to the telephone system is needed in some rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban public.
:: "domestic:"
Microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial andfiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; considerable use is made of mobile cellular systems;Internet service is available.:: "international:"
satellite earth station s - 3Intelsat , 1Arabsat , and 29 land and maritimeInmarsat terminals;fiber-optic cable toSaudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link withEgypt andSyria ; connection to international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe ); participant inMEDARABTEL ; international links total about 4,000.Radio
* Radios: 1.66 million (as of|1997|lc=on)
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Media and Communications Providers
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Seagulls - www.seagullscommunications.comFM Stations
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Play 99.6 - www.play.jo
*Ahlen FM 97.1 - www.ahlenfm.com
*BBC Arabic
*Beat 102.5 FM - www.mybeat.fm
*Mood FM - www.mood.fm
*Mazaj FM 95.3 FM - www.mazajfm.com
*Fann(Art) FM
*Radio Jordan FM - broadcasting in English
*Radio Jordan French
*Amman FM
*Watan FM ,
*Yarmouk FM - Yarmouk University in Irbid
*Sawt Ma'an - Al-Hussein University, Ma'an, southern Jordan
*Sunny 105.1 - www.sunny.jo
*Melody FM
*Radio Rotana
*Radio Panorama
*Radio Monte Carlo - RFi,
*Radio Sawa - VOA
*Ammannet Television
* Television broadcast stations: 20 (plus 96 repeaters) (as of|1995|lc=on)
* Televisions: 500,000 (as of|1997|lc=on)
Internet
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Internet Service Provider s (ISPs): 3,160 (as of|2004|lc=on)* Internet users:: 457,000 (as of|2003|lc=on)
* Country code top-level domain (ccTLD): .JO
References
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ee also
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Jordan
*Zain Jordan
*Orange Jordan
* XPress
*Umniah
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