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==Historical development== | |||
=== Satellite communications === | |||
In 1977, Qatar commissioned its first satellite [[Ground station|earth station]], located about {{convert|35|km}} west of [[Doha]], at a cost of approximately QR 20 million. The facility featured a 270-ton antenna linked to the Indian Ocean satellite, enabling global [[Multi-hop routing|multi-hop]] communication. This provided capacity for 30 international telephone circuits, supported 5,000 simultaneous calls, and transmitted two color television channels.<ref name="qnb">{{cite web|url=https://www.qnb.com/sites/qnb/qnbqatar/document/en/enAnnualReport1977|title=1977 Annual Report and Accounts|publisher=Qatar National Bank|year=1977|page=14|access-date=12 August 2025}}</ref> | |||
=== Telex and telephone network expansion === | |||
An automated [[telex]] exchange was introduced in 1976, with Doha transmitting about 380,000 messages the year prior. In 1977, a QR 21 million expansion contract was awarded to increase Doha's central telephone exchange capacity to 16,200 lines, with construction of 11 rural exchanges. Once completed, the network was expected to support 30,000 lines nationwide.<ref name="qnb"/> | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 12 August 2025
Template:Short description Telephones - main lines in use: 327,000 (2012)[1]
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,600,000 (2012)[1]
Telephone system:
modern system centered in Doha
domestic:
NA
international:
tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)[1]
Radios: 256,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (1997)[1]
Televisions: 230,000 (1997)
Historical development
Satellite communications
In 1977, Qatar commissioned its first satellite earth station, located about Template:Convert west of Doha, at a cost of approximately QR 20 million. The facility featured a 270-ton antenna linked to the Indian Ocean satellite, enabling global multi-hop communication. This provided capacity for 30 international telephone circuits, supported 5,000 simultaneous calls, and transmitted two color television channels.[2]
Telex and telephone network expansion
An automated telex exchange was introduced in 1976, with Doha transmitting about 380,000 messages the year prior. In 1977, a QR 21 million expansion contract was awarded to increase Doha's central telephone exchange capacity to 16,200 lines, with construction of 11 rural exchanges. Once completed, the network was expected to support 30,000 lines nationwide.[2]
Internet
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As of 2015, there are two ISPs in Qatar: Ooredoo (formerly Q-Tel) and Vodafone Qatar.[3] There were 563,800 internet users in 2009.[1] The country code (top level domain) is QA. ADSL was launched in 2002 in Qatar by Ooredoo. There were 25,000 ADSL users in 2005.[4]
A 2015 report by the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development ranked Qatar in first place among the developing countries by their respective percentage population using internet. The country also ranked second globally for percentage of households with internet.[5]
5G
As of February 2023, 5G coverage in Qatar is at 70%.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Ooredoo and Vodafone Qatar, the two major mobile operators in Qatar, have both announced plans to expand their 5G networks to cover the entire country by the end of 2023.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The bandwidth of a 5G network in Qatar can be up to 100 MHz in frequency range 1 (FR1: 450 MHz to 6 GHz).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
5G is expected to have a major impact on the economy of Qatar. It is expected to boost the country's GDP by $16 billion by 2025 and create over 100,000 jobs.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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