Saudi Arabia occupies 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula. Throughout this large
expanse of land is distributed the Provinces of Saudi Arabia. Communications in
Saudi Arabia constructs a network across these places.
Communications in Saudi Arabia is through telephones, television, radio,
internet and satellite channels. There are about 3,317,500 mainline Telephone
Connections in Saudi Arabia. In 2002 it was estimated that there are 5.008 million
mobile phones in use.
In 1997 the statistics revealed that there are 6.25 million radios. The radio
broadcast stations are AM 43, FM 31 and shortwave 2. The Wahhabi Culture in
Saudi Arabia prohibits the representation of animals or human beings and therefore
there are no cinema halls in the country except in private premises. This necessitates
the possession of a television to keep one updated about the happenings in the
rest of the world. In 1997 it was recorded that there are 5.1 million television
sets in Saudi Arabia. Television broadcast stations are a little more than 117
in number.
People are also entitled to Satellite Communications in Saudi Arabia. The satellite
earth stations in Saudi Arabia are - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian
Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region). Communications in Saudi
Arabia also include internet facilities. In 2005 a survey recorded that there
are 22 Internet service Providers in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Arabia Travel Guide provides necessary information on such interesting
statistical aspects of Saudi Arabia. Besides these it also informs tourists
about History of Saudi Arabia, Geography of Saudi Arabia, Provinces of Saudi
Arabia, Population of Saudi Arabia, Economy and Politics of Saudi Arabia, Language
of Saudi Arabia and Currency of Saudi Arabia.
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