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Fixed telephony service |
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| Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Fixed PSTN |
175,446 |
185,756 |
191,553 |
193,520 |
194,196 |
202,469 |
206,301 |
| Fixed Wireless |
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1,072 |
14,085 |
| Total |
175,446 |
185,756 |
191,553 |
193,520 |
194,196 |
203,541 |
220,386 |
| Penetration |
26% |
24% |
23% |
22% |
20% |
20% |
20% |
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Mobile services |
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| Year |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| Prepaid mobile subscribers
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
635,277 |
756,268 |
923,702 |
1,210,163 |
| Postpaid mobile subscribers
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N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
131,826 |
151,165 |
192,277 |
230,619 |
| Total mobile subscribers |
300,829 |
390,253 |
649,764 |
767,103 |
907,433 |
1,115,979 |
1,440,782 |
| Mobile Penetration |
45% |
51% |
79% |
86% |
94% |
107% |
131% |
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| Note: Number of prepaid mobile subscribers based on an estimate
due to Batelco technical limitations on actual measurement. |
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Internet services |
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Year |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Dial up subscribers |
35,665 |
28,867 |
21,466 |
6,425 |
4,508 |
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Broadband |
14,956 |
21,432 |
38,628 |
73,563 |
109,994 |
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Total |
50,621 |
50,299 |
60,094 |
79,988 |
114,502 |
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Internet Penetration |
6% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
10% |
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Broadband Penetration
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2% |
2% |
4% |
7% |
10% |
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International outgoing minutes |
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Destinations |
Minutes (in millions) |
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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GCC |
70 |
93 |
109 |
106.0 |
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Zone 2 |
95 |
167 |
400 |
686.5 |
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Zone 3 |
30 |
40 |
59 |
53.0 |
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Zone 4 |
45 |
63 |
74 |
108.3 |
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Total |
240 |
363 |
642 |
954 |
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GCC countries: Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Zone 2: Calls to South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan,
the Philippines and Sri Lanka).
Zone 3: Calls to other major destinations (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Iran, New Zealand, Thailand, UK, USA and Yemen).
Zone 4: Calls to all other international destinations.
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Number of licenses issued |
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License Type
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Date Of Issue |
Grand Total |
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2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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Individual Mobile Telecommunications License
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2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Individual License for International Telecommunications Facilities |
1 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
15 |
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Individual License for International Telecommunications Services |
1 |
5 |
22 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
42 |
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Individual License for National Fixed Services |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
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National Fixed Wireless Services License (NFWS) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Individual License for Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) |
1 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
10 |
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Individual Paging Services License
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Class License for Value Added Services |
6 |
9 |
17 |
12 |
5 |
4 |
53 |
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Individual Public Access Mobile Radio Service License
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1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Internet Exchange License |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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Class License for Internet Services |
4 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
31 |
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Total |
18 |
24 |
63 |
23 |
28 |
15 |
171 |
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Note: The Grand total includes both issued and cancelled licences.
Five licences have been cancelled.
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For more information refer to the Telecommunications services indicators in the Kingdom of Bahrain
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