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3,502,600 (2003)

7,238,200 (2003)

general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems
international: country code - 966; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)

6.25 million (1997)

AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)

5.1 million (1997)

117 (1997)

.sa

15,931 (2004)

1.5 million (2003)

22 (2003)

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