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 exceeds 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 (2008)

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