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==External links== |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4591347.stm Nokia to upgrade Kuwaiti network] |
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4591347.stm Nokia to upgrade Kuwaiti network] |
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Revision as of 11:21, 27 December 2010
The template {{Expand}} has been deprecated since 26 December 2010, and is retained only for old revisions. If this page is a current revision, please remove the template.Telephones - main lines in use:
510,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.7 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
the quality of service is excellent
domestic:
new telephone exchanges provide a large capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, open wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country lacks pay telephones. Even though it lacks pay-telephones, you can easily find a phone in a local store to use for free.
international:
coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios: 1.175 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Televisions: 875,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 4 (2005)
Internet users: 700,000 (2005)
Country code (Top-level domain): .kw