Main City Codes:
Abha 7, Abqaiq 3, Al Khobar 3, Al Markazi 2, Al Ulaya 1, Anak 3, Bukayriyah 6, Damman 3, Dhahran (Aramco) 3, Hail 6, Hawiyah 2, Hawtah 1, Hofuf 3, Jeddah 2, Jubail 3, Khafji 3, Khamis Mushait 7, Layla 1, Makkah (Mecca) 2, Medin 4, Medina Region 4, Mubarraz 1, Najran 7, Qassim Region 6, Qatif 3, Qedieyeh 3, Rabigh 2, Ras Tanurah 3, Riyadh 1, Safwa 3, Shaqra 1, Sihat 3, Southern Region 7, Tabouk 4, Taif 2, Tarut Island - Mina and Darin 3, Yanbou 4
Mobile Phone Codes:
Saudi Telecom GSM900 50
Communications: Saudi Arabia
- Telephones - main lines in use:
- 3.9 million (2002 est.)
- Telephones - mobile cellular:
- 2.9 million (2002 est.)
- Telephone system:
- general assessment: modern system
- domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable systems
- international: microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)
- Internet country code:
- .sa
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- 22 (2003)
- Internet users:
- 1.453 million (2002)
|