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Dubai Communication

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)

Television:

310,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ae

Internet hosts:

56,283 (2004)

Internet Service Providers:

1 (2000)

Internet users:

1,110,200 (2003)


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