Communications in the United Arab Emirates

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1 million (1999)

Telephone system:
modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic:
microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international:
satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)

Radios:
820,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
15 (1997)

Televisions:
310,000 (1997)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2001)