Bahrain Communications
Bahrain Communications: A summary of information about Bahrain Communications, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
Bahrain: Communications
Telephones - main lines in use
141,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular
130,000 (1999 est.)
Telephone system
modern system; good domestic services and excellent international connections domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones international: 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
Radio broadcast stations
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios
338,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations
4 (1997)
Televisions
275,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
3 (1999)
