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Telephones -
main lines in use | 1.237 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 4.535 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable
international: country code - 971; 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 8, shortwave 2 (2004) | | Television broadcast
stations | 15 (2004) | | | Internet country code | .ae | | | Internet users | 1.397 million (2005) | |
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