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Kuwait: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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412,000 (1997)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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210,000 (1997)
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Telephone system:
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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, and open-wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country is well supplied with pay telephones
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
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Radios:
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1.175 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)
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Televisions:
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875,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.kw
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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3 (2000)
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Internet users:
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200,000 (2002)
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