Are you kidding? Do you know that the opposition have won in Kelantan for more than 20 years? "No fair chance-the general election is held every 4 years and everybody is free to choose their leader" - okay, so that means that it is us Malaysians that doesn't want the opposition to lead the country coz we believe in our current leader...

Many telecommunications companies are launching VoIP services to retain customers, but there are several pure VoIP companies. Two main ones are:

Skype: This is a program that is downloaded onto a computer, and needs only a microphone, speakers and internet connection to work. As of mid-2005 Skype boasted over 125 million downloads worldwide, although not all of these are active users. Skype measures its usage in terms of the number of minutes people have talked on its service -- in mid-2005 the company passed the 10 billion minutes served mark.

Vonage: This service resembles are more typical phone service with a telephone and monthly bill. Vonage claims to be signing up 15,000 people every week in the United States and aims to have one million customers by 2006.

As Akshay mentioned, the level of freedom of speech within a country would also effect the number of newspapers. Countries with a democratic government tend to have more newspapers per capita. A diverse media is essential for a democracy to function effectively. The more diverse the media is the more likely it is that a particular story will be told, and the more points of view there are reported on each story. The countries citizens are therefore more able to make informed judgements on the effectiveness of their government and vote accordingly. This effect can be neutralized if a large number of the newspapers and other media outlets in a country are concentrated in a few companies.

The level of regulation of the media industry would also effect the number of newspapers within a country.