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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 67
1.48 million (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 66
10.926 million (2009)
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 Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia 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 hosts World Ranking: 55
371,969 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 61
3.449 million (2009)
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