[1] The infrastructure of the domestic system consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, GSM, and CDMA.
Yemen is a landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG).
[1] TeleYemen is the exclusive provider of international telecommunications for Yemen—fixed-line and wireless mobile companies, telex, and Internet services—and is one of the mobile-phone operators.
In 2003 the government-owned Public Telecommunications Corporation assumed full control of TeleYemen, and a year later it awarded a five-year management contract to France Telecom.
In August 2005, the government awarded a contract to a joint venture between China Mobile and a group of Yemeni investors to take a 55 percent stake in Yemen's third mobile network; the government will retain a 25 percent share.