Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 490,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 97

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 7.6 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 277 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 100

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 mobile-cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
international: country code - 965; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat) (2011)

Broadcast media:
state-owned TV broadcaster operates 4 networks and a satellite channel; several private TV broadcasters have emerged since 2003; satellite TV available with pan-Arab TV stations especially popular; state-owned Radio Kuwait broadcasts on a number of channels in Arabic and English; first private radio station emerged in 2005; transmissions of at least 2 international radio broadcasters are available (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Television - broadcast stations:
13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)

Internet country code:
.kw

Internet hosts:
2,771 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 156
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 2.4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 86.9% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 93