Telephones - main lines in use:
1,135,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2,972,300 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable
international: country code - 971; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)
Radios:
820,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
15 (2004)
Televisions:
310,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.ae
Internet hosts:
56,283 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
1,110,200 (2003)
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