Telephones - main lines in use:
237,400 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.264 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density is roughly 165 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 the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the 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:
563 (2008)
Internet users:
351,000 (2007)
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