| Communications | Qatar |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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298,100 (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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352 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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2.329 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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2,747 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 300 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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television and radio broadcast media are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari Government; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Doha (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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141,336 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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169,604 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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848,016 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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848,016 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.qa |
Internet hosts:
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822 (2010) |
Internet users:
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563,800 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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665 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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