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Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates is under the control and supervision of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) which was established under UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003.〔(About TRA ) 〕 From 1976 to 2006 the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) was the sole telephone and telecommunications provider for the UAE.〔(American.edu - UAE ICT - Telecommunication Infrastructure, Regulation and Liberalization )〕 And while there were exceptions for free zones and modern housing developments, for the majority of the UAE, Etisalat held a monopoly on business and personal telecommunications services. In February 2006 this monopoly became a duopoly when a new telephone company and Internet Service Provider, du was established to offer mobile services across the UAE and Internet and TV services to some free zone areas.However, due to geographical distribution of service areas, the companies do not compete for customers and thus effectively operate as monopolies. 〔 Earlier du provided triple play services to free zone areas under the name Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), which is still its legal name. ==Telephones== * Land lines: 1.825 million, 61st in the world (2011)〔("United Arab Emirates" ), ''The World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, retrieved 16 February 2013〕 * Mobile cellular: 11.727, 66th in the world (2011)〔 * Blackberry users: 730,000 with 480,000 subscribed to Etisalat and about 250,000 with du (2010)〔(Misuse of instant messaging services punishable by law )〕 * System: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile-cellular telephones; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai〔 * * Domestic: microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable〔 * * International: linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia〔 * Country code: 971〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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