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KuwaitCommunications
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Telephones - main lines in use: |
486,900 (2003)
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Telephones - mobile cellular: |
1.42 million (2003)
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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, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
international: country code - 965; 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
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Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios: |
1.175 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations: |
13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
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Televisions: |
875,000 (1997)
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Internet country code: |
.kw
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Internet hosts: |
3,437 (2001)
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
3 (2000)
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Internet users: |
567,000 (2003)
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More about Kuwait:
Introduction
Geography
People
Government
Economy
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
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