| Communications | Kuwait |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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517,000 (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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193 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.774 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,031 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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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; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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448,527 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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244,651 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,691,158 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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207,013 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.kw |
Internet hosts:
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3,289 (2008) |
Internet users:
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900,000 (2007) |
Internet users - density:
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335 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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