Communications in Kuwait

Telephones - main lines in use:510,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:2.7 million (2007)

Telephone system:
"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, open wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country lacks pay telephones. Even though it lacks pay-telephones, you can easily find a phone in a local store to use for free.
"international:"coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations:AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios:1.175 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)

Televisions:875,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):4 (2005)

Internet users:700,000 (2005)

Country code (Top-level domain): .kw

ee also

* Kuwait
* Wataniya Telecom

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4591347.stm Nokia to upgrade Kuwaiti network]


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