Telephones - main lines in use:
263,400 (2008) country comparison to the world: 117
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.683 million (2008) country comparison to the world: 128
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 200 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2008)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)