Telecommunications in Qatar
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Telephones - main lines in use: 327,000 (2012)[1]
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,600,000 (2012)[1]
Telephone system: 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)[1]
Radios: 256,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)[1]
Televisions: 230,000 (1997)
Internet[edit]
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- Q-Tel: now called Ooredoo
- Vodafone as well offeres fixed, leased, and mobile Internet connectivity.
Internet users: 563,800 (2009)[1]
Country code (Top level domain): QA
ADSL launched 2002 in Qatar provided by Ooredoo with 25,000 ADSL users [2] with Ooredoo in the process of upgrading to Fibre which will provide higher bandwidth at the same prices as ADSL.
Speeds:
- ADSL 1 Mbit/s $55/Month
- ADSL 2 Mbit/s $83/Month
- ADSL 4 Mbit/s $110/Month
- ADSL 8 Mbit/s $164/Month
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Communications". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Q-Tel’s ADSL base up 132%". Telegeography. 28 February 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.
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