Telecommunications in Kuwait

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