Editing Telecommunications in Kuwait

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'''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),<ref name=CIAWFB-Kuwait/> 510,300 (2005)

'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
4.9 million (2011),<ref name=CIAWFB-Kuwait/> 2.7 million (2007)

'''Telephone system:'''<ref name=CIAWFB-Kuwait/>
*''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),<ref name=ITU-IndividualsUsingTheInternet>[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/excel/Individuals%20using%20the%20Internet2000-2011.xls Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2011], [[International Telecommunication Union]], accessed on 19 August 2012.</ref> 700,000 (2005)

'''[[Top-level domain]]:''' [[.kw]]<ref name=CIAWFB-Kuwait>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/ "Kuwait"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved 16 February 2013</ref>

==See also==
* [[Telephone numbers in Kuwait]]
* [[Television in Kuwait]]
* [[Wataniya Telecom]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4591347.stm  Nokia to upgrade Kuwaiti network], ''BBC News'', 29 May 2005

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