United Arab Emirates: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 2,208,425 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 17.943 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 310 (July 2015 est.) |
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 (2015) |
Broadcast media | except for the many organizations now operating in Dubai's Media Free Zone, most TV and radio stations remain government-owned; widespread use of satellite dishes provides access to pan-Arab and other international broadcasts (2007) |
Internet country code | .ae |
Internet users | total: 5.274 million percent of population: 91.2% (July 2015 est.) |