Telecommunications in Kuwait
From Wikipedia
Telephones - main lines in use: 510,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.7 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the quality of service is
excellent
domestic: new telephone exchanges provide a large
capacity for new subscribers; trunk traffic is carried by microwave radio
relay, coaxial cable, open wire and fiber-optic cable; a cellular telephone
system operates throughout Kuwait, and the country lacks pay telephones. Even
though it lacks pay-telephones, you can easily find a phone in a local store to
use for free.
international: coaxial cable and microwave radio
relay to Saudi Arabia; linked to Bahrain, Qatar, UAE via the Fiber-Optic Gulf
(FOG) cable; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 2 Indian
Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean), and 2 Arabsat
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: -KEMS -Fasttelco -Qualitynet -Gulfnet -Mada
Internet users: 700,000 (2005)
Country code (Top-level domain): .kW
Transportation
Kuwait has an
extensive, modern and well-maintained network of highways. Roadways extended
5,749 km, of which 4,887 km is paved. In 2000, there were some 552,400
passenger cars, and 167,800 commercial taxis, trucks, and buses in use. On
major highways the maximum speed is 120 km/h. Since there is no railway system
in the country, most of the people travel by automobiles.The government plans
to construct US$11 billion rail network which will include the Kuwait
Metropolitan Rapid Transit System Project for its capital. Bus services are
provided by private company Citybus and state-owned Kuwait Public
Transportation Corporation.
Kuwait has speed
cameras in all highways and main roads and traffic lights, which captures the
cars that speed or cross a red light, the Kuwaiti government spent over 450
million USD on these speed cameras in cooperation with the traffic Police.
There is only one civil airport in Kuwait. Kuwait International Airport serves
as the principal hub for international air travel. State-owned Kuwait Airways
is the largest airline in the country. In 2001, the airline carried 2,084,600
passengers on domestic and international flights.[87] In 2004, the first
private airline of Kuwait, Jazeera Airways, was launched.[93] Another private
airline, Wataniya Airways of Kuwait was founded in 2005 and ceased operations
in March 2011.
Kuwait has one
of the largest shipping industries in the Persian Gulf region. The Kuwait Ports
Public Authority manages and operates ports across Kuwait. The country’s
principal commercial seaports are Shuwaikh and Shuaiba which handled combined
cargo of 753,334 TEU in 2006. Mina Al-Ahmadi, the largest port in the country,
handles most of Kuwait's oil exports. Construction of another major port
located in Bubiyan island started in 2005. The port is expected to handle 1.3
million TEU when operation starts in 2008.
Media
Kuwait has one
of the most vocal and transparent media in the Arab World. In 2007, Kuwait was
ranked first in the Middle East and the Arab League by Reporters Without
Borders in the freedom of press index.[99] Though the government funds several
leading newspapers and satellite channels, Kuwaiti journalists enjoy greater
freedom than their regional counterparts. The state-owned Kuwait News Agency
(KUNA) is the largest media house in the country. The Ministry of Information
regulates all media and communication industry in Kuwait.
In 1998, there were 15 media
stations, which are 6 am and 11 FM radio stations and 13 television stations.
In 2000, there were 624 radios and 486 television sets for every 1,000 people.
In 2001, there were 165,000 Internet subscribers served by three service
providers.[102] Kuwait has ten satellite television channels of which four are
controlled by the Ministry of
Information. State-owned Kuwait
Television (KTV) offered first colored broadcast in 1974 and operates five
television channels.[102] Government-funded Radio Kuwait also offers daily
informative programming in four foreign languages including Arabic, Urdu,
Tagalog and English on the AM and SW.
In 2009, Kuwait
had seventeen newspaper companies in circulation. Kuwait is represented by
three English dailies: Kuwait Times, Arab Times and Al-Watan Daily. There are
16 Arabic daily newspapers besides the English newspapers.
A press law
forbids insulting references to God and Islamic prophet Muhammad. Another law
which made leading newspaper publishers eligible for hefty fines for
criticizing the ruling family was lifted in 1992. Leading newspapers continue
to impose self-restraint while remaining uncritical of the emir.However, no
such restraint is observed while criticizing the government.
Kuwait is within our satellite KU band service coverage via SES-4, AM44 and ARABSAT.
See footprints below.
See
above the Middle East Map and trace Kuwait to the satellite coverage
below. This means Kuwait people can avail of a two way data, voice, video
and internet communications to the rest of the globe via any of these covering
communication satellites.
Governorates of Kuwait: Al Ahmadi1, Al Asimah (Al
Kuwayt)2) , Al Farwaniyah , Al Jahra3) , Hawalli , Mubarak Al-Kabeer .
Disctrict: Hawalli , Al Kuwait , Al Farwaniyah , Al Jahra , Mubarak Al-Kabeer ,
Al Ahmadi.
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