Telecommunication in Jordan
From Wikipedia
Jordan has a
highly developed communications infrastructure. Jordan's telecom infrastructure
is growing at a very rapid pace and continually being updated and expanded.
Jordan's telecom industry remains the most competitive in the Middle East.
Communications in Jordan occur across many media, including telephone, radio,
television, and internet.
Telephone
96% of households have at least one main line telephone.
103% of the population has a cell phone; 15% have more than one.
Telephones - main lines in use: 622,600 (as of 2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,250,000 (as of September
2010)
Digital Radio Trunking:100,000 (Unofficial, Nov'07)
In Mid 2004, XPress Telecom was launched as the country's
digital radio trunking operator.
Telephone
system: The service has improved recently with the increased use of digital
switching equipment, but better access to the telephone system is needed in
some rural areas and easier access to pay telephones is needed by the urban
public. domestic: Microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and
fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; considerable use is made of
mobile cellular systems; Internet service is available. international:
satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat
terminals; fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link
with Egypt and Syria; connection to international submarine cable FLAG
(Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); participant in MEDARABTEL; international
links total about 4,000.
- Radio
- Radios: 1.66 million (as of 1997)
- Media and Communications Providers
- Seagulls - www.seagullscommunications.com
- FM Stations
- Play 99.6
- BBC Arabic
- Beat FM 102.5
- Mazaj FM 95.3 FM
- Hala FM
- HD FM (Hala Dounia FM)
- Radio Jordan French
- Amman FM
- Watan FM
- Sawt Ma'an
- Sunny 105.1
- Virgin Radio Jordan
- Radio Rotana
- Radio Panorama
- Radio Monte Carlo
- Mood 92.0 FM
- Ammannet
- Radio Jordan FM
- Melody FM
- Radio Sawa
- Yarmouk FM
- Television
- Television broadcast stations: 20 (plus 96 repeaters) (as of 1995)
- Televisions: 500,000 (as of 1997)
PCs
40% of Jordanian households have
a PC. This is expected to double in the coming years when the government
reduces the sales tax on PCs and internet service in an effort to make Jordan
the high-tech capital of the Middle East. The Jordanian Government is also
providing every university student with a laptop in partnership with the
private sector. All Jordan's schools are connected with internet service and
the Jordanian Government is heavily purchasing computers and smart technology
to be equipped in Jordan's classrooms.
Internet
Internet
penetration reached 50.5 per cent by the end of 2011. Internet usage more than
doubled from 2007 to 2009 with the rapid growth expected to continue.
Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) figures indicate that Internet
penetration stood at 29 per cent by the end of 2009 and 38 per cent by the end
of 2010.
The Jordanian
government has announced that the sales tax on computers and internet
connection would be removed in order to further stimulate the ICT industry in
Jordan. King Abdullah II told the BBC in 2004 that he hoped to make his country
the tech hub of the Middle East. Jordan has more internet start up companies
than any other country in the Middle East, and thus was dubbed the Middle
East's "Silicon Valley". It was ranked as the 10th-best city in the
world to launch a tech startup, according to a 2012 list compiled by
Finaventures, a California-based venture-capital firm.Jordan’s internet
capacity is higher than is often realized, at 21 megabytes per second – matched
only by Dubai and Saudi Arabia.Al Jami'a Street, in Jordan's northern city of
Irbid, was ranked as the street with the highest number of internet cafes in
the world by the Guinness World Records.
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3,160 (as of 2004)
- Internet users:: 3.163 million (as of September 2011)
- Country code top-level domain (ccTLD): .JO
VSAT INTERNET FOR JORDAN
Jordan is within our satellite KU band service coverage via SES-4, AM44 and ARABSAT. See footprints below
See above the Middle East Map and trace Jordan to the satellite coverage
below. This means Jordan people can avail of a two way data, voice,
video and internet communications to the rest of the globe via any of
these covering communication satellites.
What will be required are an ODU (Out Door Unit) composed of satellite
dish antenna (VSAT), penetrating or non penetrating mount which can be
aligned to the serving satellite by qualified engineer in no time; and
an IDU (In Door Unit) composed of satellite modem
or receiver/transmitter and a connection to the end user LAN (Local Area
Network).
Governorates and District:
Ajlun Governorate: Ajlun Nahia, Kofranjah Nahia. Amman Governorate: Amman, Al-Jiza, Al-Mwwqqar, Na'oor, Sahab, Um al-Basatin, Wadi al-Sayr. Aqaba Governorate: Al-Aqaba, Al-Quwayra, Wadi Araba. Balqa Governorate: Al-Balqa, Ardhah, As-Salt, Dair Alla, Shuna al-Janibiyya. Irbid Governorate: Al-Aghwar Shamaliyyeh, Ar Ramtha, Bani Knana, Hariema, Irbid, Kora, Mazar Shamaliyyeh, Tayybeh, Wastiyyeh. Jerash Governorate: Jerash Nahia. Karak Governorate:
Ayy, Faqqu, Al-Karak, Al-Mazar al-Janubiyya, Al-Mazra'a, Al-Qasr, Al-Safi. Ma'an Governorate: Al-Husanyniyya, Ash-Shibek, Ayi, Ma'an, Wadi Musa. Madaba Governorate: Dhiban, Madaba. Mafraq Governorate: Al-Mafraq, Ar-Ruwayshid, Bal'ama, Sabha, Sama as-Sarhan. Tafilah Governorate: Al-Hasa, Al-Tafila, Birsayra. Zarqa Governorate: Al-Azraq, Az-Zarqa, Birin.
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