Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 280,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 118

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 2.3 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 177 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 148

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; 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 Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth station - 1 (2007)

Broadcast media:
state-run Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 5 terrestrial TV networks and several radio stations; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio and TV broadcasts from countries in the region are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
4 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bh

Internet hosts:
47,727 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 97
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.3 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 96.5% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 116