Communications of United Arab Emirates
Telephones - main lines in use: | 1.31 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 4.535 million (2005) |
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: | 337,092 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 1 (2000) |
Internet users: | 1.397 million (2005) |