Communications in Bahrain

Telephones - main lines in use: 141,000 (1995)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 130,000 (1999 est.) <p>Telephone system: modern system; good domestic services and excellent international connections
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat <p>Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) <p>Radios: 338,000 (1997) <p>Television broadcast stations: 5 (2004) <p>Televisions: 275,000 (1997) <p>Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (1999) <p>Country codes: BH

Reference

Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

See also : Bahrain

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