Telephones 73,552 (1987 est.)

Telephone system modern system; good domestic services and excellent international connections
domestic: NA
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

Radio broadcast stations AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios 320,000 (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 2 (1988 est.)

Televisions 270,000 (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.