Short facts about communications in Bahrain

Telephones - main lines in use:

152,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

58,543 (1997)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  modern system 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 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Radios:

338,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

4 (1997)

Televisions:

275,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.bh

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

37,500 (2000)

Source: World Factbook