Short facts about communications in United Arab Emirate

Telephones - main lines in use:

915,223 (1998)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1 million (1999)

Telephone system:

general assessment:  modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai domestic:  microwave radio relay and coaxial cable international:  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 7, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:

820,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

15 (1997)

Televisions:

310,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.ae

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

400,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook