| Communications | United Arab Emirates |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.48 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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288 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10.926 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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2,123 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable
international: country code - 971; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia |
Broadcast media:
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except for the many organizations now operating in Dubai's Media Free Zone, most television and radio stations remain government-owned; widespread use of satellite dishes provides access to pan-Arab and other international broadcasts (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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396,052 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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643,583 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,574,332 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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15 (2004) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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343,245 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ae |
Internet hosts:
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379,309 (2010) |
Internet users:
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3.449 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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670 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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