Communication **

General **
There are many communications poeple can make in Iran. The government of Iran runs the broadcast media, which inbludes 3 national radio stations and two national television networks, as well as dozens of local radio and television stations. In the year 2000, there were 252 radios and 158 television sets in use for evert 1,000 residents. There were 219 telephone lines and 110 personal computers for every 1000 residents. Computers for home use became more affordable in the mid- 1990s and since then demand for access to the Internet has increased.

In 2006, the Iranian telecom industy's revenues were estimated at $1.2 trillion or approxamately 3 percent of the gross world product.

See more communications in Iran **

Telephone

Cell Phone

Radio
** Radio broadcast stations: AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 (1998)
** Number of Radios: 22 million (2005)

Television
** Television broadcast stationsL 28 (plus 450 low-power repeaters) (1997)
** Number of Televisions: 15 million (2007 est.)

Internet (Google homepage (www.google.com))
The internet is being used in Iran more and more. The Internet has become an expanding means to accessing information and self-expression among the younger population. Iran is also the world's fourth largest country of bloggers.
** Internet Service Providers (ISPs): numerous (2002)
** Country code (Top-level domain): IR
** Internet users: 17 million (2006)