Communications

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)

posted to Factbook: Qatar. at Wed Jun 11 01:26:00 EDT 2003.