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Fax
International facilities are available. Faxes can be sent from centrales (state telephone bureaux) in main towns and from most hotels (which often add 25 % to the official rates).
Internet
The main ISPs are Cyberia,
IDM and Terranet.
There are Internet cafes in Tripoli, Beirut and most major towns.
Telephones
 International Direct Dialling service is available.
The Lebanon country code is 961.
The Outgoing international code is 00.
Cellular phones are widely used and are possible for hire to visitors.
Mobile telephones
Global
System for Mobile communications (GSM) 900 network
is operated by Faldete and MTC.
Post
Post to Europe usually takes 2 to 4 days, and between 4 to 7 days to the United States of America.
Press
There are more than 30 daily newspapers published in Armenian, Arabic and French and over 100 publications appear on a weekly or monthly basis. Beirut Times and The Daily Star are published in English and there are numerous English language weeklies, primarily Monday Morning.
The best selling Arabic dailies are Al Dyar, Al Anwar, Al Liwa’, An Nahar and Al Safir. The most essential daily in French is L'Orient-le Jour.
Radio
BBC
World Service and Voice
of America can be received. From time to time the frequencies
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