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Communications of Kuwait

Telephones - main lines in use:510,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:2.536 million (2006)
Telephone system:general assessment: the quality of service is excellent
domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
international: country code - 965; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations:AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:1.175 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Televisions:875,000 (1997)
Internet country code:.kw
Internet hosts:2,310 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):3 (2000)
Internet users:700,000 (2005)

Kuwait Quickstats

  • Population: 2,505,559
  • Area: 17,820 sq km
  • Density: 131 /km² (68th)
  • GDP (total): $88,7 billion
  • GDP (per capita): $29,566
  • Literacy: 93.3%

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  • Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
  • Dial code: +965

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