Data
Telephones - main lines in use: 1.26 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,500,000 (2007)
Blackberry Users: 730,000 (2010) with 480,000 subscribed to Etisalat and about 250,000 with du (telco).
Internet subscribers: 578,000 (2005)
Telephone system: modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia
Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios: 820,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 15 (1997)
Televisions: 310,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2008)
- Etisalat
- du
Country codes: AE
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