Telephones - main lines in use:
681,400 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.26 million (2007)

Telephone system:
general assessment: repair of the telecommunications system, severely damaged during the civil war, now complete
domestic: two wireless networks provide good service; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 961; submarine cable links to Cyprus, Egypt, and Syria; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean); coaxial cable to Syria (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 20, FM 32 (plus about a dozen unlicensed stations operating), shortwave 4 (2007)

Television broadcast stations:
15 (plus 5 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.lb

Internet hosts:
36,681 (2008)

Internet users:
950,000 (2006)