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Other pages in this profile of Iran:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 21.981 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 333.7 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 29.77 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 451.9 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected domestic: the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and expanded the main line network greatly; main line availability has more than doubled to 22 million lines since 2000; additionally, mobile service has increased dramatically serving nearly 13.7 million subscribers in 2006 international: country code - 98; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat) (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 28 (plus 450 repeaters) (1997) |
Internet country code |
Definition .ir |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 6,111 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 18 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 273.2 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 331 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 129 over 3,047 m: 40 2,438 to 3,047 m: 28 1,524 to 2,437 m: 24 914 to 1,523 m: 32 under 914 m: 5 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 202 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 145 under 914 m: 46 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 14 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 7 km; condensate/gas 397 km; gas 19,161 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,438 km; refined products 7,936 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 8,367 km broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 179,388 km paved: 120,782 km (includes 878 km of expressways) unpaved: 58,606 km (2003) |
Waterways |
Definition 850 km (on Karun River; additional service on Lake Urmia) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 92 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,373,176 GRT/2,151,318 DWT by type: bulk carrier 35, cargo 35, chemical tanker 4, container 6, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 3 foreign-owned: 2 (UAE 2) registered in other countries: 81 (Bolivia 1, Cyprus 6, Malta 69, Panama 4, St Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Assaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Eman Khomeyni |
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