Editing Telecommunications in Syria (section)

== Telecommunications system ==
[[File:Syria and Lebanon Telecommunications - DPLA - d4166390a2e125facd917abc445a024a.jpg|thumb|right|Telecommunication map of Syria, 1949]]
'''[[International dialing code]]''': +963<ref name=BBC-Syria>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/country_profiles/801669.stm "BBC Syria country profile"], ''BBC News'', 7 August 2012</ref>
{{Further |Telephone numbers in Syria}}

'''[[landline|Landline telephones]]''' in use: 2.821 million (2021 est.).<ref name="CIAWFB-Syria">{{Citation |title=Syria |date=2024-07-03 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/syria/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>

'''[[Cellphone|Mobile phones]]''' in use: 16.991 million (2021 est.).<ref name=CIAWFB-Syria/> The mobile operators are [[Syriatel]], [[MTN Syria]], and [[Wafa Telecom|Wafa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-21 |title=Syria awards third mobile telecoms licence to Wafa -state media |url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/21/syria-telecoms |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref> There is mobile phone coverage in most parts of Syria providing access to 96% of the population. Call quality ranges from good to acceptable. Many international calls fail or are less clear over the mobile network compared to the landline network.
{{Further |List of radio stations in Syria}}
'''[[Radio]]:''' 14 AM, 11 FM, and 1 shortwave stations in 1998. The radio operators are the state owned Syrian Arab Republic Radio and [[Al-Madina FM]], the first private radio station, launched in March 2005.<ref name=BBC-Syria/> Other private radios are for example: Melody FM, Sham FM, Radio Arabesque, Mix FM Syria, Rotana FM, Fuse FM, Farah FM). Private radio stations can also transmit news or political content.

{{Further |Television in Syria}}
'''[[Television]]:''' There are three television operators: the state owned [[Syrian Television| ORTAS]] which operates five satellite channels ([[Syria TV]], [[Syrian News Channel]], [[Syrian Drama TV]], [[Syrian Education TV]], [[Noor Al-Sham]]), broadcasting in [[Arabic]], [[English language|English]], and [[French language|French]] and the private TV Stations like [[Sama TV]] or [[Massaya TV]]. There are no restrictions on the use of satellite receivers and many viewers watch pan-Arab TV stations.<ref name=BBC-Syria/> Roughly two-thirds of Syrian homes have a satellite dish providing access to foreign TV broadcasts.<ref name=CIAWFB-Syria/>

Opposition satellite stations broadcast from abroad; they include London-based [[Barada TV]], [[Orient TV]], which operates from the [[UAE]], and Istanbul-based [[Syria TV (Turkey)|Syria TV]].<ref name=BBC-Syria/>