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Economic Indicator: Telephone Statistics: Number of Fixed Lines, Mobile Phone Penetration Rate
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Qatari Riyal
Currency Symbol: QAR
Telephone system: general assessment: modern system centered in Doha domestic: combined fixed and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 300 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 (2009)
Population : 848,016 (July 2011 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 285,300 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.472 million (2009)