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  • 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.
  • Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. 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.
  • Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
  • 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
  • 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.
  • Active military personnel: Active military.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • 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).
  • Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • 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.
     
     
  • Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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)
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • 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.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • 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 subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
  • Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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STAT Equatorial Guinea United States HISTORY
Broadcast media state maintains control of broadcast media with domestic broadcast media limited to 1 state-owned TV station, 1 state-owned radio station, and 1 private radio station owned by the president's eldest son; satellite TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are accessible 4
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 2.01
Ranked 149th. 		281.99
Ranked 22nd. 140 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 13.94
Ranked 149th. 		81.03
Ranked 26th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 135.86
Ranked 153th. 		803.03
Ranked 28th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Users per 1000 12.87
Ranked 136th. 		697.1
Ranked 8th. 54 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet users 14,400
Ranked 192nd. 		245 million
Ranked 2nd. 17014 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Personal computers > Per capita 14.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd. 		762.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 54 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Personal computers per 1000 11.95
Ranked 124th. 		764.36
Ranked 3rd. 64 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Radio Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial - state-run</p> </p>Radio Asonga - private, owned by president&#039;s son</p> <p>NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes</p> </p>Clear Channel - America&#039;s largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations</p> </p>CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 3, shortwave 5 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 67.67
Ranked 154th. 		98.17
Ranked 111th. 45% more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 399.13 per 1,000 people
Ranked 99th. 		846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Television > List of TV stations <p>Television Nacional - state-run</p> <p>ABC - major commercial network</p> </p>CBS - major commercial network</p> </p>NBC - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 9.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 156th. 		803.21 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 84 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Televisions per 1000 7.04
Ranked 176th. 		754.89
Ranked 3rd. 107 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 4.62
Ranked 74th. 		193.19
Ranked 18th. 42 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 212.31 per 1,000 people
Ranked 103th. 		1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Users > Per capita 15.54 per 1,000 people
Ranked 135th. 		695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 45 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 20.19
Ranked 163th. 		442.8
Ranked 25th. 22 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Televisions 4,000
Ranked 197th. 		219 million
Ranked 2nd. 54750 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 19.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 137th. 		541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 27 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet users > Per 100 people 1.82
Ranked 164th. 		75.77
Ranked 11th. 42 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet users 95,649
Ranked 169th. 		254.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 2659 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 4.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 75th. 		198.23 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 42 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 16.8 Mbps
Ranked 74th. 		970,953.5 Mbps
Ranked 1st. 57795 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 33.37 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 53th. 		3,306.44 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 19th. 99 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Personal computers 7,000
Ranked 150th. 		223.81 million
Ranked 1st. 31973 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Television broadcast stations 1
Ranked 13th. 		2,218
Ranked 1st. 2218 times more than Equatorial Guinea
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.73 million min.
Ranked 162nd. 		82.06 billion min.
Ranked 1st. 47450 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radios per 1000 316.59
Ranked 101st. 		1,982.02
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 657.46
Ranked 116th. 		932.29
Ranked 78th. 42% more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Percent using internet 13.94%
Ranked 148th. 		81.03%
Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Mobile cellular 426,000
Ranked 161st. 		290.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 681 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.431 per capita
Ranked 68th. 		2.11 per capita
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 14.77
Ranked 161st. 		459.63
Ranked 20th. 31 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone mainlines per 1000 16.57
Ranked 116th. 		607.73
Ranked 8th. 37 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Ebano - state-owned</p> </p>La Opinion - private, weekly</p> </p>La Nacion - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13317177">Full Article</a> <p>USA Today - national daily</p> </p>Wall Street Journal - business daily</p> </p>Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment digital fixed-line network in most major urban areas and good mobile coverage a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Television receivers per 1000 8.49
Ranked 155th. 		803.21
Ranked 1st. 95 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > IP addresses per capita 4.48
Ranked 198th. 		4,911.96
Ranked 2nd. 1096 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Average cost of local call 0.05
Ranked 4th. 		0.09
Ranked 3rd. 80% more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Users 8,000
Ranked 150th. 		208 million
Ranked 2nd. 26000 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet penetration 13.9%
Ranked 156th. 		81%
Ranked 29th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 160.52
Ranked 111th. 		682.36
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 680.54
Ranked 152nd. 		987.53
Ranked 110th. 45% more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecoms > Telephone lines 14,868
Ranked 188th. 		139 million
Ranked 2nd. 9349 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 501,077
Ranked 165th. 		310 million
Ranked 3rd. 619 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 196th. 		7,000
Ranked 1st. 7000 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 1,480
Ranked 169th. 		88.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 59811 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephones > Main lines in use 13,500
Ranked 195th. 		146 million
Ranked 2nd. 10815 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 2.02
Ranked 162nd. 		44.41
Ranked 23th. 22 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Active military personnel 1,320
Ranked 132nd. 		1.43 million
Ranked 1st. 1083 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radio receivers per 1000 381.93
Ranked 74th. 		2,108.88
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 192.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 104th. 		680.31 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 4 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.0137
Ranked 176th. 		1,039.15
Ranked 2nd. 75976 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 501,077
Ranked 164th. 		303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 605 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radio receivers 180,000
Ranked 160th. 		575 million
Ranked 1st. 3194 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Television receivers 4,000
Ranked 175th. 		219 million
Ranked 2nd. 54750 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.13 per 1 million people
Ranked 9th. 		7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Mobile phone subscribers 96,900
Ranked 150th. 		201.65 million
Ranked 2nd. 2081 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone system > International country code - 240; international communications from Bata and Malabo to African and European countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Internet > ISP 1
Ranked 15th. 		7,000
Ranked 1st. 7000 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 14,868
Ranked 187th. 		139 million
Ranked 2nd. 9349 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Radios 180,000
Ranked 160th. 		575 million
Ranked 1st. 3194 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Hosts 9
Ranked 213th. 		316 million
Ranked 1st. 35111111 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 4.11
Ranked 76th. 		198.27
Ranked 16th. 48 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 27.83 Mbps
Ranked 54th. 		3,316.04 Mbps
Ranked 19th. 119 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1
Ranked 96th. 		1,486
Ranked 2nd. 1486 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 2,000
Ranked 68th. 		57.35 million
Ranked 4th. 28674 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 2,000
Ranked 87th. 		55.95 million
Ranked 3rd. 27973 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Top level domain .gq .us
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 4.11
Ranked 59th. 		195.85
Ranked 19th. 48 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone system > Domestic fixed-line density is about 2 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has been increasing and in 2011 stood at about 60 percent of the population a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Internet country code .gq .us
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 5.2 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 71st. 		83.14 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 29th. 16 times more than Equatorial Guinea
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 3.91 min.
Ranked 129th. 		280.26 min.
Ranked 9th. 72 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone mainlines 10,000
Ranked 139th. 		177.95 million
Ranked 2nd. 17795 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 32.74$/month
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than United States 		14.95$/month
Ranked 120th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 4.34 min. per capita
Ranked 125th. 		279.45 min. per capita
Ranked 9th. 64 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 346,000
Ranked 152nd. 		270.5 million
Ranked 4th. 782 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 1.76
Ranked 89th. 		24.13
Ranked 23th. 14 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 1
Ranked 101st. 		1,476
Ranked 1st. 1476 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > IP addresses 3,072
Ranked 214th. 		1.54 billion
Ranked 1st. 501825 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.03
Ranked 150th. 		24.02
Ranked 18th. 801 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 20.19
Ranked 167th. 		442.8
Ranked 28th. 22 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Television broadcast stations per million 1.81
Ranked 9th. 		7.43
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > TLD .gq .us
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 52.49
Ranked 120th. 		88.87
Ranked 80th. 69% more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Livejournal users 28
Ranked 191st. 		1.29 million
Ranked 1st. 46172 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Country calling code 240 1
Telephone subscribers per 1000 177.09
Ranked 107th. 		1,230.67
Ranked 35th. 7 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Population covered by mobile telephony 100%
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than United States 		99%
Ranked 28th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 2.06
Ranked 49th. 		5.23
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Livejournal users per million 47.78
Ranked 85th. 		4,415.29
Ranked 3rd. 92 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 1
Ranked 114th. 		7,607
Ranked 1st. 7607 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 240
Ranked 27th. 240 times more than United States 		1
Ranked 32nd.
Phone system > International dialling code +240 +1
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.71
Ranked 90th. 		25.98
Ranked 42nd. 15 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 1.36
Ranked 166th. 		1,474.08
Ranked 19th. 1085 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.2
Ranked 150th. 		28.03
Ranked 22nd. 140 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.015 per 1,000 people
Ranked 196th. 		1,040.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 69338 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone lines 10,000
Ranked 184th. 		154.65 million
Ranked 3rd. 15465 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 180
Ranked 162nd. 		73.12 million
Ranked 2nd. 406241 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.06
Ranked 46th. 		5.08
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 680.54
Ranked 151st. 		965.4
Ranked 113th. 42% more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 13800000000 291122000000
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 19.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 114th. 		605.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 31 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.435 per 1,000 people
Ranked 121st. 		3.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 8 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 212.31 per 1,000 people
Ranked 103th. 		1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 6 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone subscribers 106,900
Ranked 130th. 		360.35 million
Ranked 2nd. 3371 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone subscribers per employee 109.5
Ranked 118th. 		345.72
Ranked 61st. 3 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.11% GDP
Ranked 144th. 		2.67% GDP
Ranked 96th. 2 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > ISP > Per capita 2.13 per 1 million people
Ranked 8th. 		24.27 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet servers using encryption 1
Ranked 173th. 		378,887
Ranked 1st. 378887 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 1.48
Ranked 132nd. 		1,234.13
Ranked 6th. 834 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Phone subscribers 46.6
Ranked 122nd. 		1,117.9
Ranked 22nd. 24 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 137th. 		35.9
Ranked 1st.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 100%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United States 		43.14%
Ranked 26th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 74.24%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than United States 		30.02%
Ranked 58th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 2.34 per 1 million people
Ranked 36th. 		5.23 per 1 million people
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Internet > ISP per million 1.81
Ranked 10th. 		24.34
Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 62 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 36th. 5 times more than United States 		13.24 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 26th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 1.52
Ranked 159th. 		50.81
Ranked 17th. 33 times more than Equatorial Guinea
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 2.01
Ranked 161st. 		44.02
Ranked 25th. 22 times more than Equatorial Guinea

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