Bahrain Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
185,800 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
443,100 (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
modern system
domestic:
modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international:
country code - 973; 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 (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2 , FM 3 , shortwave 0 (1998 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1997 est.)
Internet country code:
.bh
Internet hosts:
1,334 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
195,700 (2003 est.)
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