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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 115
298,100 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 133
2.329 million (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment Modern system centered in Doha
Domestic Combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 300 telephones per 100 persons International Country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2009) Broadcast media
TV and radio broadcast media are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari Government; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; transmissions of several international broadcasters are accessible on FM in Doha (2007) Internet country code
.qa
Internet hosts World Ranking: 173
887 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 117
563,800 (2009)
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