Communications in Bahrain
Telephones - main lines in use: 141,000 (1995)Telephones - mobile cellular: 130,000 (1999 est.)
Telephone system:
modern system; good domestic services and excellent international connections
domestic:
modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international:
tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 338,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 4 (1997)
Televisions: 275,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (1999)
Country codes: BH
Reference
Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
