Telephones 632,000 (1987 est.)

Telephone system reconstitution of damaged telecommunication facilities began after the Gulf war; most damaged facilities have been rebuilt
domestic: the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio relay links
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably nonoperational

Radio broadcast stations AM 16, FM 1, shortwave 0

Radios 4.02 million (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations 13

Televisions 1 million (1992 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.