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digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai <br><i>domestic:</i> microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable <br><i>international:</i> 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 <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#broadcast_media">Broadcast media:</a></b><br> except for the many organizations now operating in Dubai's Media Free Zone, most television and radio stations remain government-owned; widespread use of satellite dishes provides access to pan-Arab and other international broadcasts (2007) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#internet_country_code">Internet country code:</a></b><br> .ae <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#internet_hosts">Internet hosts:</a></b><br> 379,309 (2010) <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 54 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/communications/internet_hosts_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Internet hosts country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#internet_users">Internet users:</a></b><br> 3.449 million (2009) <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 61 <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/communications/internet_users_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Internet users country ranks</u></a> ] </font> <p> <p> <BR> <P> <font size = "-2"><B> NOTE: The information regarding United Arab Emirates on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 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