Qatar Communications 2008, CIA World Factbook




Qatar Communications 2008 https://allcountries.org/wfb2008/qatar/qatar_communications.html SOURCE: 2008 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Telephones - main lines in use:
228,300 (2006)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
919,800 (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density is roughly 130 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:
.qa

Internet hosts:
19 (2007)

Internet users:
289,900 (2006)

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