Qatar Communications 2009, CIA World Factbook




Qatar Communications 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/qatar/qatar_communications.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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)

NOTE: The information regarding Qatar on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Qatar Communications 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Qatar Communications 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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