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  • Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: 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.
  • Households with television: 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.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
    Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems. 
     
    Values
     
    “per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.
     
    “sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.
     
    “sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.
     
    “sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.
     
    “ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking. 
     
     “nd”, no data.
     
     
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: 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.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). 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.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: 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.
  • Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
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STAT Costa Rica Puerto Rico HISTORY
Broadcast media multiple privately-owned television stations and 1 publicly-owned television station; cable network services are widely available; more than 100 privately-owned radio stations and a public radio network more than 30 television stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations operating
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 575.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th. 		974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 69% more than Costa Rica
Households with television 92.8%
Ranked 12th. 		97.03%
Ranked 16th. 5% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 100.17
Ranked 75th. 		151.07
Ranked 51st. 51% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 47.5
Ranked 87th. 		51.41
Ranked 79th. 8% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 468.98
Ranked 91st. 		516.45
Ranked 82nd. 10% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Users per 1000 336.08
Ranked 52nd. 27% more than Puerto Rico 		264.34
Ranked 65th.
Internet users 1.49 million
Ranked 80th. 49% more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Reloj - popular national radio</p> </p>Radio Columbia - news and talk</p> </p>Radio Monumental - news and talk</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19414705">Full Article</a> <p>WIAC 740 - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WAPA - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WIPR &#039;Radio 940&#039; - public</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 128.32
Ranked 49th. 57% more than Puerto Rico 		81.75
Ranked 136th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 363.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 		857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Television > List of TV stations <p>Teletica (channel 7) - private</p> </p>Repretel (channels 4, 6, 11) - private</p> </p>Canal 13 - public</p> <p>Telemundo (channel 2) - commercial</p> </p>WAPA (channel 4) - commercial</p> </p>Univision (channel 11) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 143.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th. 		273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 90% more than Costa Rica
Televisions per 1000 125.86
Ranked 103th. 		266.85
Ranked 63th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Users > Per capita 362.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th. 43% more than Puerto Rico 		253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 211.76
Ranked 77th. 		212.77
Ranked 76th. About the same as Costa Rica
Televisions 525,000
Ranked 99th. 		1.02 million
Ranked 80th. 94% more than Costa Rica
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 347.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 33th. 31% more than Puerto Rico 		265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th.
Internet users > Per 100 people 32.31
Ranked 68th. 28% more than Puerto Rico 		25.29
Ranked 83th.
Internet > Internet users 2.2 million
Ranked 88th. 16% more than Puerto Rico 		1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
Television broadcast stations 20
Ranked 2nd. 		32
Ranked 14th. 60% more than Costa Rica
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 348 million min.
Ranked 40th. 		1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Costa Rica
Radios per 1000 234.95
Ranked 124th. 		705.68
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 423.78
Ranked 144th. 		726.12
Ranked 107th. 71% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Percent using internet 47.5%
Ranked 86th. 		51.41%
Ranked 78th. 8% more than Costa Rica
Telephones > Mobile cellular 4.36 million
Ranked 110th. 40% more than Puerto Rico 		3.11 million
Ranked 121st.
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.268 per capita
Ranked 106th. 		0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 324.46
Ranked 46th. 39% more than Puerto Rico 		232.62
Ranked 70th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000 321.4
Ranked 36th. 11% more than Puerto Rico 		290.55
Ranked 51st.
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Al Dia - daily</p> </p>Diario Extra - daily</p> </p>La Nacion - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19414705">Full Article</a> <p>El Nuevo Dia - daily</p> </p>Primera Hora - daily</p> </p>El Vocero de Puerto Rico - daily</p>
Telephone system > General assessment good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; under the terms of CAFTA-DR, the state-run telecommunications monopoly is scheduled to be opened to competition from domestic and international firms, but has been slow to open to competition modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 143.52
Ranked 85th. 		271.58
Ranked 53th. 89% more than Costa Rica
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 3
Ranked 77th. 		10
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > IP addresses per capita 419.47
Ranked 71st. 68% more than Puerto Rico 		250.24
Ranked 91st.
Internet > Users 1.5 million
Ranked 64th. 50% more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 76th.
Internet > Internet penetration 47.5%
Ranked 91st. 		51.4%
Ranked 83th. 8% more than Costa Rica
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 254.86
Ranked 95th. 		700.83
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,280.11
Ranked 49th. 53% more than Puerto Rico 		834.48
Ranked 133th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 1.02 million
Ranked 74th. 30% more than Puerto Rico 		780,229
Ranked 86th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.15 million
Ranked 99th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.06 million
Ranked 129th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers 3
Ranked 137th. 		76
Ranked 13th. 25 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 481,325
Ranked 69th. 		558,054
Ranked 65th. 16% more than Costa Rica
Telephones > Main lines in use 1.23 million
Ranked 68th. 49% more than Puerto Rico 		826,100
Ranked 87th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 20.71
Ranked 76th. 8% more than Puerto Rico 		19.12
Ranked 87th.
Radio receivers per 1000 267.9
Ranked 106th. 		718.19
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 254.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th. 		688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Hosts per 1000 3.63
Ranked 98th. 34 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.107
Ranked 154th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 5.38 million
Ranked 104th. 76% more than Puerto Rico 		3.05 million
Ranked 129th.
Radio receivers 980,000
Ranked 109th. 		2.7 million
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Television receivers 525,000
Ranked 94th. 		1.02 million
Ranked 78th. 94% more than Costa Rica
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 4.88 per 1 million people
Ranked 8th. 		8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 67% more than Costa Rica
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.93$
Ranked 98th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.87$
Ranked 138th.
Mobile phone subscribers 1.1 million
Ranked 95th. 		2.68 million
Ranked 66th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Telephone system > International country code - 506; landing points for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), MAYA-1, and the Pan American Crossing submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) country code - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 3
Ranked 97th. 		76
Ranked 4th. 25 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 6.58
Ranked 62nd. 11% more than Puerto Rico 		5.95
Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 1.02 million
Ranked 73th. 30% more than Puerto Rico 		780,229
Ranked 85th.
Radios 980,000
Ranked 111th. 		2.7 million
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Hosts 16,440
Ranked 96th. 41 times more than Puerto Rico 		404
Ranked 162nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 275,200
Ranked 46th. 		475,000
Ranked 61st. 73% more than Costa Rica
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 7
Ranked 82nd. 40% more than Puerto Rico 		5
Ranked 91st.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 33.33%
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico 		10%
Ranked 45th.
Internet > Top level domain .cr .pr
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 0.633
Ranked 67th. 		2.71
Ranked 36th. 4 times more than Costa Rica
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 64.81
Ranked 47th. 		127.53
Ranked 51st. 97% more than Costa Rica
Telephone system > Domestic point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .cr .pr
Telephone mainlines 1.39 million
Ranked 53th. 25% more than Puerto Rico 		1.11 million
Ranked 66th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 81.95 min.
Ranked 29th. 		449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 6.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 63th. 11% more than Puerto Rico 		5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 81.82 min. per capita
Ranked 28th. 		449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Costa Rica
Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 66.67%
Ranked 39th. 		90%
Ranked 15th. 35% more than Costa Rica
Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.89 million
Ranked 116th. 		3.35 million
Ranked 68th. 78% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Broadband subscribers 27,931
Ranked 60th. 23% more than Puerto Rico 		22,732
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.719
Ranked 121st. 		19.86
Ranked 26th. 28 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > IP addresses 1.94 million
Ranked 65th. 94% more than Puerto Rico 		1 million
Ranked 78th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 74054000000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 2.38
Ranked 86th. 		5.42
Ranked 66th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 211.76
Ranked 82nd. 		212.77
Ranked 81st. About the same as Costa Rica
Television broadcast stations per million 4.89
Ranked 7th. 		8.41
Ranked 13th. 72% more than Costa Rica
Internet > TLD .cr .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 41.75
Ranked 133th. 		85.76
Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Livejournal users 131
Ranked 104th. 		370
Ranked 55th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Secure Internet servers 294
Ranked 41st. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		130
Ranked 57th.
Telephone subscribers per 1000 576.26
Ranked 71st. 		991.38
Ranked 47th. 72% more than Costa Rica
Population covered by mobile telephony 80%
Ranked 40th. 		100%
Ranked 1st. 25% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 67 per 1 million people
Ranked 48th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 1.44 million
Ranked 66th. 39% more than Puerto Rico 		1.04 million
Ranked 78th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 30.85
Ranked 103th. 		96.68
Ranked 70th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Internet > Linux web servers 18
Ranked 46th. 64% more than Puerto Rico 		11
Ranked 49th.
Website defacements per million 4.48
Ranked 39th. 17 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.262
Ranked 106th.
Website defacements 18
Ranked 53th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico 		1
Ranked 114th.
Phone system > International dialling code +506 +1787
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 320.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 12% more than Puerto Rico 		285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 1.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 47th. 3% more than Puerto Rico 		1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 121.03$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 96th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico 		16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.491$ per 1 million people
Ranked 61st. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 3.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th. 38 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.
Internet > ISP per million 0.763
Ranked 82nd. 		19.94
Ranked 19th. 26 times more than Costa Rica
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 575.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th. 		974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 69% more than Costa Rica
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 46th. 		62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th. 16 times more than Costa Rica
Telephone subscribers 2.49 million
Ranked 74th. 		3.79 million
Ranked 67th. 52% more than Costa Rica
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 21.23
Ranked 75th. 2% more than Puerto Rico 		20.84
Ranked 78th.
Telephone subscribers per employee 388.06
Ranked 55th. 		474.61
Ranked 22nd. 22% more than Costa Rica
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 6.04$/month
Ranked 119th. 		33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than Costa Rica
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.52% GDP
Ranked 106th. 		3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st. 52% more than Costa Rica
Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > Linux web servers per million 4.48
Ranked 44th. 56% more than Puerto Rico 		2.88
Ranked 53th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 10.04
Ranked 75th. 		14.9
Ranked 51st. 48% more than Costa Rica
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 94.9
Ranked 72nd. 		112.9
Ranked 68th. 19% more than Costa Rica
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.65
Ranked 92nd. 26% more than Puerto Rico 		1.31
Ranked 96th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.764 per 1 million people
Ranked 76th. 		19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 26 times more than Costa Rica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,119.2
Ranked 80th. 35% more than Puerto Rico 		831.64
Ranked 131st.
Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 199th. 		0.0
Ranked 97th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 66.93
Ranked 47th. 96% more than Puerto Rico 		34.16
Ranked 65th.
Phone subscribers 305.44
Ranked 70th. 		642.87
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 31.81
Ranked 49th. 21% more than Puerto Rico 		26.25
Ranked 63th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 204588000000 2598000000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 98.28
Ranked 51st. 60% more than Puerto Rico 		61.5
Ranked 63th.
Internet servers using encryption 450
Ranked 45th. 84% more than Puerto Rico 		244
Ranked 59th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 36.2%
Ranked 11th. 53% more than Puerto Rico 		23.65%
Ranked 102nd.
Telephone lines 1.44 million
Ranked 62nd. 39% more than Puerto Rico 		1.04 million
Ranked 72nd.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 107,410
Ranked 75th. 		214,163
Ranked 62nd. Twice as much as Costa Rica

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Development Indicators database; International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. 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