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Yemen: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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291,359 (1999)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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32,042 (2000)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network
domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone systems
international: 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
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
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Radios:
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1.05 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
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Televisions:
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470,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ye
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000)
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Internet users:
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17,000 (2002)
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