Jordan Telecom is a privatised company, now belonging to the Jordan Telecom Group

Jordan telecom group

Jordan Telecom Group is the principal telecommunications services provider in the Kingdom of Jordan. Jordan Telecom is responsible for the administration of the basic telecommunications infrastructure which forms the base of Jordan's telecommunications services industry.Upon privatization on 23...

 (JTG).

History

The history of Telecommunications in Jordan can be traced back to early 1921. After the foundation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephony was established which further developed the country's Telecommunications Services. In 1961, the first automatic telephone switch service was introduced utilizing an electromechanical switch with a capacity of approximately 5000 lines. In 1971,a new government-controlled body, the Telecommunications Corporation (T.C.C) was set up to take over the day to day running of the communications services such as telephone, telegraph and telex. Also a satellite earth station at Baqa'a

Baqa'a

The Baqa'a refugee camp , first created in 1968, lies 20 km north of the Jordanian capital Amman, and is home to around 80,100 Palestinians who are registered as such with the United Nations, making it the largest camp in Jordan....

was in operation using Intelsat facilities . From 1973 to 1985, Jordan TeleCom's network underwent significant expansion as part of a government investment program. In 1993 the government was able to initiate a development program known as the National Telecommunications Program (NTP).