Telephone system: 50,000 telephones; modern system consisting of
open-wire, microwave, and radio communications stations; limited
coaxial cable
local: NA
intercity: open wire, microwave, radio communications, and 8 domestic
satellite links
international: 2 INTELSAT (Indian Ocean) and 1 ARABSAT earth station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 7
televisions: NA
@Oman:Defense Forces
Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Royal Oman Police
Manpower availability: males age 15-49 520,428; males fit for military service 294,993; males reach military age (14) annually 26,065 (1995 est.)
Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.7 billion, 14.2% of GDP (1995 est.)
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PACIFIC OCEAN
@Pacific Ocean:Geography