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Syria

Level of Competition 2005

Service	Competition
Local services	Monopoly
Domestic fixed long dist	Monopoly
Inter-national fixed long dist	Monopoly
Wireless local loop	Monopoly
Data	Monopoly
DSL	Monopoly
Cable modem	Monopoly
VSAT	Monopoly
Leased lines	Monopoly
Fixed Wireless Broadband	n/a
Mobile	Partial competition
Paging	Monopoly
Cable TV	Monopoly
Fixed sat	Monopoly
Mobile sat	Monopoly
GMPCS	Monopoly
IMT 2000	Partial competition
Internet services	Partial competition
Inter-national gateways	n/a

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Scientific Institutions

Aleppo Telecommunication Institute
Aleppo

Telecom Institute

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ICT Statistics 2011

Population	20'766'037
GDP$ [2010]	59'706'375'621
Fixed-telephone	20.92
Mobile-cellular	63.17
Mobile-broadband [2010]	0.50
Individuals using the Internet	22.50
Fixed (wired)-broadband	0.58
Households with computer [2010]	40.37
Households with Internet [2010]	35.15

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Tariff Policies 2007

Tariff Rebalancing of fixed telephony services implemented

Type of costs on which the cost model is based

	Traditional Retail services	Traditional Wholesale services
Historical costs
Current costs
Other

Cost allocation methodology

	Traditional Retail services	Traditional Wholesale services
Fully Distributed Costs (FDC)
Long-Run Incremental Costs (LRIC)
Other

Approach applied

	Retail services	Wholesale services
Top-down
Bottom-up
Hybrid
Other

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Regulatory Information 2005

Regulatory Authority

Name	Syrian Telecommunication Establishment (STE)
Address	Mezzh Autostrad
City	Damascus
Phone	+963 11 2240300
Fax	+963 11 6120000
Email	ste-gm@net.sy
Website	http://www.ste.net.sy

Policy Maker

Name	Board of Directors of S. T. E.
Address	Mazza Autostrad
City	Damascus
Phone	+963 11 612 2208
Fax	+963 11 612 1208
Email
Website

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Status of the main fixed-line operators

Operator	Status
S.T.E.	State-owned

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