386,600 telephones; modern system consisting of microwave and coaxial cable;
key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubayy
local:
NA
intercity:
microwave and coaxial cable
international:
3 INTELSAT (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 ARABSAT earth
station; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan;
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia