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Kuwait Communications
Kuwait Communications: A summary of information about Kuwait Communications, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
Kuwait: Communications
Telephones - main lines in use
411,600 (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular
150,000 (1996)
Telephone system
the civil network suffered some damage as a result of the Gulf war, but most of the telephone exchanges were left intact and, by the end of 1994, domestic and international telecommunications had been restored to normal operation; 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; approximately 15,000 Internet subscribers in 1996 international: coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf (FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat
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 Service Providers (ISPs)
2 (1999)
