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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Saudi Riyal
Currency Symbol: SAR
Telephone System: general assessment: modern system including a combination of extensive microwave radio relays, coaxial cables, and fiber-optic cables ; domestic: mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing rapidly ; international: country code - 966; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region) (2011)
Population: 27,345,986 ; note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.)
Telephones - Main Lines In Use: 4.8 million (2012)
Telephones - Mobile Cellular: 53 million (2012)