| Communications |
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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
1.385 million (2007) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
7.595 million (2007) |
| Telephone system: |
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 |
| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2 (2004) |
| Television broadcast stations: |
15 (2004) |
| Televisions: |
310,000 (1997) |
| Internet country code: |
.ae |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
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| Internet hosts: |
381,915 (2008) |
| Approximate number of web sites: |
2160 |
| Internet users: |
2.3 million (2007) |
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