Communications in Bahrain

Telephones – main lines in use: 185,800 (2003)

Telephones – mobile cellular: 443,100 (2003)

Telephone system:

general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code – 973; 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 (1997)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (1997)

Internet country code: .bh

Internet hosts: 1,334 (2003)

Internet users: 195,700 (2003)

Reference

Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2004.