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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
412,000 (1997)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
210,000 (1997)
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| 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 is well supplied with pay telephones
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
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
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| Radios: |
1.175 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
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| Televisions: |
875,000 (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.kw
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
3 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
100,000 (2000)
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