Phone Lines, Internet & Communications

Phone Lines

In Qatar there are over 200,000 telephone lines in use with over a million mobile phones. The system is an up-to-date modern system centred in Doha.

Internet

There are two Internet Service Providers in the country, Ooredoo and Vodafone, which also provide Broadband Internet, with over 75,000 users. The top level domain is .qa and the country is rapidly upgrading to fibre-optic connections. Typical speed to cost per month is:

• ADSL 1mb – QAR 200 (about $55 or £35)
• ADSL 2mb – QAR 300 (about $85 or £50)
• ADSL 4mb – QAR 400 (about $110 or £65)
• ADSL 8mb – QAR 600 (about $165 or £100)

Communications

The Radio broadcast stations are set as AM 6, FM 5 and shortwave one with over 250,000 radios in use. There is only a single Television broadcasting station and there are over 230,000 Televisions in use.