Bahrain Communications - 2006

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SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
191,600 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
649,800 (2004)

Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 1 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
4 (1997)

Internet country code:
.bh

Internet hosts:
1,952 (2005)

Internet users:
152,700 (2005)

NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.