Communications ::West Bank
Telephones - main lines in use:
360,400 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) country comparison to the world: 109
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.405 million (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) country comparison to the world: 125
Telephone system:
general assessment: continuing political and economic instability has impeded significant liberalization of the telecommunications industry
domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed line services; PALTEL plans to establish a fiber-optic connection to Jordan to route domestic mobile calls; the Palestinian JAWWAL company and WATANIYA PALESTINE provide cellular services
international: country code - 970; 1 international switch in Ramallah (2009) (2009)
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