| Communications | Bahrain |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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228,000 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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188 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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1.567 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,291 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth station - 1 (2007) |
Broadcast media:
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state-run broadcast media; Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 5 terrestrial TV networks; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; state-run BRTC broadcasts over several radio stations; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio and TV broadcasts from countries in the region are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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607,353 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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404,902 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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void |
Television broadcast stations:
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4 (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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303,677 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.bh |
Internet hosts:
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53,944 (2010) |
Internet users:
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419,500 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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346 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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