| Communications | Kuwait |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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566,300 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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219 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.4 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,696 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 mobile-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) |
Broadcast media:
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state-owned TV broadcaster operates 4 networks and a satellite channel; several private TV broadcasters have emerged since 2003; satellite TV is available with pan-Arab TV stations especially popular; state-owned Radio Kuwait broadcasts on a number of channels in Arabic and English; first private radio station emerged in 2005; transmissions of at least 2 international radio broadcasters are available (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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432,605 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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235,967 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,595,628 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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199,664 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.kw |
Internet hosts:
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2,485 (2010) |
Internet users:
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1.1 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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424 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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