Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
1,241.9 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2004.
Ranked 34th in 2004. 1% more than United States
Households with television > %
98.4 %
73.71 %
DEFINITION:
Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 8th in 1998. 33% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 69th in 1998.
International dialling code
1
1-340 (North American Numbering Plan)
Mobile phone subscribers
182,400,000
64,200
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 2840 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 168th in 2004.
Mobile phone subscribers (per capita)
621.1
per 1,000 people
590.2
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 52nd in 2004. 5% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 58th in 2004.
Radios
575,000,000
107,000
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 1st. 5373 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 172nd.
Radio broadcast stations
AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0
DEFINITION:
The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions
219,000,000
68,000
DEFINITION:
The total number of televisions
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 2nd. 3220 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 143rd.
Television broadcast stations
2,218
5
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 1st in 2006. 443 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 22nd in 2006.
Television broadcast stations (per capita)
7.4 per 1 million people
46.1 per 1 million people
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
SOURCE:
All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ranked 17th in 2006.
Ranked 3rd in 2006. 5 times more than United States
Telecommunications investment > current LCU
23170520000
11300000
DEFINITION:
Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines
177,947,000
70,888
DEFINITION:
Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 2509 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 137th in 2004.
Telephones > main lines in use (per capita)
711.5
per 1,000 people
605.0
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Ranked 3rd in 1997. 18% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 4th in 1997.
Telephone mainlines (per capita)
606.0
per 1,000 people
651.7
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 9th in 2004.
Ranked 6th in 2004. 8% more than United States
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
2.4 % GDP
2.9 % GDP
DEFINITION:
Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 63rd in 1993.
Ranked 42nd in 1993. 22% more than United States
Telephone subscribers
360,347,000
135,088
DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 2nd in 2004. 2667 times more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 153rd in 2004.
Telephone subscribers (per capita)
1,227.1
per 1,000 people
1,241.9
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 36th in 2004.
Ranked 34th in 2004. 1% more than United States
Telephone subscribers per employee
224.78
207.99
DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 40th in 1998. 8% more than Virgin Islands
Ranked 47th in 1998.
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