- Since it was established, WAM has provided coverage of around 80-90% of the official and public news in the UAE. - WAM also provides video and photographic coverage, which is distributed to newspapers and TV stations. - WAM covers the activities of official UAE delegations abroad. - WAM has the facility to send pictures to subscribers locally and internationally. - WAM offers its news and photographic services to all newspapers, to media departments, and to other government offices in the country and to UAE embassies around the world. The total number of recipientsof WAM services are 230. - The number of stories transmitted by WAM from year 1995 to 2008: | Year | No. of stories | | 1995 | 30682 | | 1996 | 31058 | | 1997 | 30517 | | 1998 | 37305 | | 1999 | 36452 | | 2000 | 36080 | | 2001 | 36637 | | 2002 | 43764 | | 2003 | 40603 | | 2004 | 36709 | | 2005 | 34215 | | 2006 | 32588 | | 2007 | 38027 | | 2008 | 41409 |
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