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Telephones - main lines in use:
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193,300 (2006)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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898,900 (2006)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 1 (2007)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
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Television broadcast stations:
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4 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.bh
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Internet hosts:
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2,413 (2007)
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Internet users:
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157,300 (2006)
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