the number of private radio and television stations has increased rapidly since 2003; government-owned TV and radio stations are operated by the publicly-funded Iraqi Public Broadcasting Service; private broadcast media are mostly linked to political, ethnic, or religious groups; satellite TV is available to an estimated 70% of viewers and many of the broadcasters are based abroad; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are accessible (2007)

Internet country code:

.iq

Internet hosts:

9 (2010) country comparison to the world: 222

Internet users:

325,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 126

Transportation ::Iraq

Airports:

104 (2010) country comparison to the world: 58