Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 2.1 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 56

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 16.8 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 299 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 64

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; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia (2011)

Broadcast media:
except for the many organizations now operating in Dubai's Media Free Zone, most TV and radio stations remain government-owned; widespread use of satellite dishes provides access to pan-Arab and other international broadcasts (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004)

Television - broadcast stations:
15 (2004)

Internet country code:
.ae

Internet hosts:
337,804 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 5.2 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 93.2% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 63