Basic Country Facts

Communications Telephones: 677,793 (1993 est.) 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 8, FM 3, shortwave 0 Radios: 545,000 (1992 est.) Television broadcast stations: 12 Televisions: 170,000 (1993 est.)