Telephones - mobile cellular: 1 million (1999)
Telephone system:
modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic:
microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international:
satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia
Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios: 820,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 15 (1997)
Televisions: 310,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2001)
Country codes: AE