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World > Middle East
> United Arab Emirates > Communications (Facts)
| United Arab Emirates - Communications (Facts) |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.31 million (2006) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
5.519 million (2006) |
| 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; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
15 (2004) |
| Internet country code: |
.ae |
| Internet hosts: |
337,092 (2006) |
| Internet users: |
1.709 million (2006) |
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