Telecommunications in Kuwait explained
Telecommunications in Kuwait provides information about the telephone, Internet, radio, and television infrastructure in Kuwait.
Infrastructure
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use:514,700 (2011), 510,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:4.9 million (2011), 2.7 million (2007)
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: linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 6 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 1 Inmarsat - Atlantic Ocean, and 2 Arabsat)
- country code: 965
Broadcast media
Radio broadcast stations:AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:1.175 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
Televisions:875,000 (1997)
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):5 (2011)Which are: Fasttelco, Gulfnet, KEMS, Mada, and Qualitynet
Internet users:1,925,956 or 74.2% of the population (2011),[1] 700,000 (2005)
Top-level domain
.kw[2]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/excel/Individuals%20using%20the%20Internet2000-2011.xls Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2011
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ "Kuwait"