Communications in the United Arab Emirates
From Wikipedia
In the United
Arab Emirates, Federal Act No. 1 of 1976 establishes the Emirates
Telecommunications Corporation as the sole telephone and telecommunications
provider for the United Arab Emirates, freezones and modern housing
developments are exempt from this and utilise a separate telecommunications
company called du. However for the majority of the UAE (Non free zones),
Etisalat has a monopoly on business and personal telecommunications services.
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
The
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
was established according to the UAE Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003. The
TRA requires Etisalat to actively censor Internet sites. Material deemed
offensive, or "inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and
moral values of the United Arab Emirates", is usually blocked, as well as
pornography and gambling sites. For commercial reasons, there is also a total
ban on internet telephony or VoIP. The TRA has released conflicting statements
regarding when (if ever) the ban will be lifted. As of 2010, Skype became
unblocked, but the call connection time is unusually long and the call quality
remains irregular, raising the question of whether the related IP traffic is being
filtered or monitored.
Internet restrictions
TRA instructs Etisalat and du to block parts of
Wikipedia, all VoIP services such as Skype and SIP based services and some
social networking services like hi5, Friendster, and all dating sites like Yahoo!
Personals and Match.com. For political reasons, the entire Israeli internet
domain, .il, is also blocked. Pro-Israeli content which does not use the
"*.il" domain, however, is accessible (e.g. jpost.com - the website
of the Jerusalem Post). A 2005 study, before du was established, also showed
Etisalat sometimes block websites relating to the Bahá'í Faith.
Broadcast media censorship
On 16 November
2007 Tecom stopped broadcast of two major Pakistani satellite news channels,
uplinked from Dubai Media City, which was initially marketed by Tecom under the
tagline "Freedom to Create." The Dubai government ordered Tecom to
shut down the popular independent Pakistani news channels Geo News and ARY One
World on the demand of Pakistan's military regime led by General Pervez
Musharraf. This was implemented by du Samacom disabling their SDI & ASI
streams. Later policy makers in Dubai permitted these channels to air their
entertainment programs, but news, current affairs and political analysis were
forbidden. Although subsequently the conditions were removed, marked
differences have since been observed in their coverage. This incident has had a
serious impact on all organizations in the media city with Geo TV and ARY
OneWorld considering relocation.
Duopoly
In February
2006, a new Telephone company and Internet Service Provider called
"du" has been established. Earlier it was providing triple play
services to free zones areas under the name Emirates Integrated
Telecommunications Company (EITC) (Which is still its legal name). du includes
the telecommunications arm of Emaar properties, previously called
"Sahm". Sahm as a telecomms operator for Emaar, a commercial and
residential real estate developer, was in competition with the state-run
Etisalat, and was arbitrarily absorbed into Dubai Holding Company/TECOM/Dubai
government prior to the formation of du. As such, du services are only
available in Dubai Holding Company/Emaar properties at present. Public
services, competitive to Etisalat, should commence at the end of 2006. Number
portability will not be immediately available.
Data
Telephones - main lines in use: 1.26 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,500,000 (2007)
Blackberry Users: 730,000 (2010) with 480,000 subscribed to
Etisalat and about 250,000 with du (telco).
Internet subscribers: 578,000 (2005)
Telephone system: modern system consisting of microwave
radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai
domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1
Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; submarine cables to Qatar,
Bahrain, India, and Pakistan; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio
relay to Saudi Arabia
Radio broadcast stations: AM 13, FM 7, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios: 820,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 15 (1997)
Televisions: 310,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 2 (2008)
• Etisalat
• du
Country codes: AE
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