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'''Telephones - main lines in use:''' |
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497,000 (2004) |
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'''Telephones - mobile cellular:''' |
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2 million (2004) |
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'''Telephone system:''' |
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'''Internet users:''' |
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600,000 (2005) |
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'''[[Country codes|Country code]] (Top-level domain):''' KW |
'''[[Country codes|Country code]] (Top-level domain):''' KW |
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Revision as of 17:07, 11 May 2006
Telephones - main lines in use: 497,000 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2 million (2004)
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 is well supplied with pay telephones
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): 3,437 (2003)
Internet users: 600,000 (2005)
Country code (Top-level domain): KW