Editing Telecommunications in Qatar

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'''Telephones - main lines in use:'''
327,000 (2012)<ref name="factbook"/>

'''Telephones - mobile cellular:'''
2,600,000 (2012)<ref name="factbook"/>

'''Telephone system:'''
modern system centered in Doha
<br>''domestic:''
NA
<br>''international:''
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat

'''Radio broadcast stations:'''
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)<ref name="factbook"/>

'''Radios:'''
256,000 (1997)

'''Television broadcast stations:'''
1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)<ref name="factbook"/>

'''Televisions:'''
230,000 (1997)

==Internet==
{{Main|Internet in Qatar}}
As of 2015, there are two [[Internet service provider|ISP]]s in Qatar: [[Ooredoo]] (formerly Q-Tel) and [[Vodafone|Vodafone Qatar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dohanews.co/survey-telecom-customers-in-qatar-want-a-third-operator/|title=Survey: Telecom customers in Qatar want a third operator|publisher=Doha News|author=Peter Kovessy|date=25 September 2015|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> There were 563,800 internet users in 2009.<ref name="factbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/qatar/|title=Communications|publisher=CIA World Factbook|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> The [[Country codes|country code]] (top level domain) is QA. [[Asymmetric digital subscriber line|ADSL]] was launched in 2002 in Qatar by Ooredoo. There were 25,000 ADSL users in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=11415&email=html|title=Q-Tel’s ADSL base up 132%|publisher=Telegeography|date=28 February 2006|access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

A 2015 report by the UN [[Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development]] ranked Qatar in first place among the developing countries by their respective percentage population using internet. The country also ranked second globally for percentage of households with internet.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/455890/internet-penetration%3a-qatar-ranks-first|title=Internet penetration: Qatar ranks first|newspaper=Gulf Times|date=21 September 2015|access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> 

=== 5G ===
As of February 2023, 5G coverage in Qatar is at 70%.{{cn|date=August 2023}} Ooredoo and [[Vodafone|Vodafone Qatar]], the two major mobile operators in Qatar, have both announced plans to expand their 5G networks to cover the entire country by the end of 2023.{{cn|date=August 2023}} The bandwidth of a 5G network in Qatar can be up to 100 MHz in frequency range 1 (FR1: 450 MHz to 6 GHz).{{cn|date=August 2023}}

5G is expected to have a major impact on the economy of Qatar. It is expected to boost the country's GDP by $16 billion by 2025 and create over 100,000 jobs.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

==See also==
*[[Telephone numbers in Qatar]]
*[[Television in Qatar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{CIA World Factbook}}

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