Telephones - main lines in use:
263,400 (2008)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.683 million (2008)

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)

Television broadcast stations:
1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001)

Internet country code:
.qa

Internet hosts:
722 (2009)

Internet users:
436,000 (2008)