Telecommunications in Kuwait

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Telecommunications in Kuwait provides information about the telephone, Internet, radio, and television infrastructure in Kuwait.

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Infrastructure

Telephones

Telephones - main lines in use: 514,700 (2011), [1] 510,300 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 4.9 million (2011), [1] 2.7 million (2007)

Telephone system: [1]

Broadcast media

Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 11, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios: 1.175 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 13 (plus several satellite channels) (1997)

Televisions: 875,000 (1997)

Internet

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 5 (2011) Which are: Fasttelco, Gulfnet, KEMS, Mada, and Qualitynet

Internet users: 1,925,956 or 74.2% of the population (2011), [2] 700,000 (2005)

Top-level domain: .kw [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kuwait", World Factbook, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved 16 February 2013
  2. Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2011, International Telecommunication Union, accessed on 19 August 2012.