Telephones - main lines in use:
2.9 million (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
8.902 million (2008)

Telephone system:
general assessment: most highly developed system in the Middle East although not the largest
domestic: good system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; all systems are digital; four privately-owned mobile-cellular service providers with countrywide coverage
international: country code - 972; submarine cables provide links to Europe, Cyprus, and parts of the Middle East; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2008)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 23, FM 15, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
17 (plus 36 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.il

Internet hosts:
1.544 million (2009)

Internet users:
2.106 million (2008)