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Bahrain: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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152,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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58,543 (1997)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system
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 (1997)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Radios:
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338,000 (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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4 (1997)
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Televisions:
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275,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.bh
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2000)
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Internet users:
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140,200 (2002)
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