Telephones - main lines in use 142,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular 43,476 (1997)

Telephone system
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
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)

Radios 256,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations 1 (plus three repeaters) (2001)

Televisions 230,000 (1997)

Internet country code .qa

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) 1 (2000)

Internet users 75,000 (2001)

NOTE: The information regarding Qatar on this page is re-published from the 2002 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Qatar Communications 2002 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Qatar Communications 2002 should be addressed to the CIA.