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) As of 2015, there are two ISPs in Qatar: Ooredoo (formerly Q-Tel) and Vodafone Qatar.
The country also ranked second globally for percentage of households with internet.
[citation needed] 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.
[citation needed] 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.