Bahrain: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 278,976 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 2.519 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 187 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | 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 ea (2015) |
| Broadcast media | state-run Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) operates 5 terrestrial TV networks and several radio stations; satellite TV systems provide access to international broadcasts; 1 private FM station directs broadcasts to Indian listeners; radio an (2007) |
| Internet country code | .bh |
| Internet users | total: 1.259 million percent of population: 93.5% (July 2015 est.) |