Telecommunications in Syria
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This article lists details of communications networks in the Arab Republic of Syria.
[edit] Telecommunications system
Landlines in use:
3,500,000 (2005)
Cellphone/Mobile Operators:
Syriatel http://www.syriatel.sy
MTN http://www.mtn.com.sy
Radio broadcast stations: AM 14, FM 2, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- SAWA Internet Provider
- Syrian Telecommunications Establishment
- Runnet
- AYA
- E-LCOM
- SCS
- ZAD
- Teranet
- INET
- Extra
Country code (Top level domain): .sy
[edit] Broadband Internet access
ADSL service in Syria became available since 2003.
[edit] Internet censorship
Syrian http website access is filtered by a proxy system which prevents ready access to facebook.com and youtube.com, although indirect access remains possible using various methods.
