Introduction
How is the communication system in Yemen? Here, Broadcast media include state-run TV with 2 stations; state-run radio with 2 national radio stations and 5 local stations; stations from Oman and Saudi Arabia can be accessed. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Yemen
Internet country code .ye
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 391,000 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 8,229,624 (2022 est.)
Percent of population 26.6% (2022 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment Yemen continues to provide an exceptionally challenging market for telcos; civil unrest has caused havoc and devastation across most parts of the country, while the threat of sanctions has also made it a challenging environment in which to operate; a large proportion of the population requires humanitarian assistance, and there is little disposable income for services upon which telcos can generate revenue; essential telecom infrastructure, such as mobile towers and fiber cabling, has often been targeted, destroyed, or damaged by the opposing sides in the ongoing conflict; these difficulties have proved to be a disincentive to telcos investing in infrastructure, with the result that the country lacks basic fixed-line infrastructure, and mobile services are based on outdated GSM; this has prevented the development of a mobile broadband sector, or the evolution of mobile data services; the ownership of telecommunication services, and the scrutiny of associated revenues and taxes, have become a political issue in Yemen; until telecom infrastructure can be improved across Yemen, and until civil unrest eases, there will be little progress for the sector (2022)
Domestic Fixed-line teledensity is 4 per 100 but mobile cellular is 46 per 100 (2021)
International Country code - 967; landing points for the FALCON, SeaMeWe-5, Aden-Djibouti, and the AAE-1 international submarine cable connecting Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Southeast Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti (2020)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 1.24 million (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 4 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 15.178 million (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 46 (2021 est.)
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Yemen is found in Western Asia