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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.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
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.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio 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.
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 broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
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.
Television viewing: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week.
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.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
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.
Newspaper circulation per 1000: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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.
Newspapers: Daily newspapers
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.
Newspaper circulation: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader.
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.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Cable TV subscribers: Cable TV subscribers per 1000 population .
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.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
Television viewing per million: Mean hours of television watched by each person per week. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Newspapers per million: Daily newspapers. Figures expressed per million 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 > 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.
Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
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.
Television > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. 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.
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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.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. 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 > 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.
Pay TV subscribers: Percentage of households subscribing to pay TV service (Data is for 1999).
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Telecommunications revenue: Telecommunications revenue as % of GDP.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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."
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
Internet > Broadband access: DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30)
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.
Radio > Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access: For the OECD member countries and China, total communication access paths are the total of fixed lines (standard analogue access lines and ISDN lines) plus the number of DSL, cable modem subscribers and mobile telephone subscribers. For Brazil, India, Russian Federation and South Africa, total communication access paths are the sum of main telephone lines in operation, ISDN lines, DSL and cable modem subscribers and cellular mobile telephone subscribers.
Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Date mobile number portability service was implemented in various countries.
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port: Time to port days.
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No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Internet > Communication technology patents: Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Advertising revenue > Share of television: Television's share (%) of total advertising revenue (Data for 1999).
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
Internet > Internet charges: Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
Internet > Secure servers: Number of secure servers per 100000 population (2002).
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
Television reception through satellite: Media - Television reception by satellite.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Web sites: Websites per 1000 population.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Television reception through cable: Media - Television reception by cable.
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Television reception by terrestrial means: Percentage of households receiving television through terrestrial means only.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Public funding of broadcasters revenue per capita: Public funding of broadcasters' revenue, 1999, US$ per capita.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Telecommunications employment: Telecommunications employment as a share (%) of national employment (Data is for 2001).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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 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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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.
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 > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Commercial share of broadcasting revenue: Commercial share as a % of total broadcasting revenue (Data is for 1999).
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
Total broadcasters revenue per capita: Total broadcasters' revenue, 1999, US$ per capita.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: 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 > 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.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Public share of broadcasting revenue: Public share as a % of total broadcasting revenue (Data is for 1999).
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Internet > Government Broadband Index: The Government Broadband Index ranks various countries' undertakings to provide a broad coverage of speedy internet. It does not measure the current state of broadband availability or speed. The index is calculated by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone: What the receiver of a call usually says when taking the call.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End: Date when analogue television was completely phased out in different countries.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > Start: Date when phasing out of analogue television started in different countries.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
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 > 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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
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."
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
Television revenue from subscriptions: Percentage of television revenue from advertisements (1999).
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.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.
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).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.

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STAT	Finland	Germany
Broadcast media	a mix of publicly operated TV stations and privately owned TV stations; the 2 publicly owned TV stations recently expanded services and the largest private TV station has introduced several special-interest pay-TV channels; cable and satellite multi-channel subscription services are available; all TV signals have been broadcast digitally since September 2007; analog broadcasts via cable networks were terminated in February 2008; public broadcasting maintains a network of 13 national and 25 regional radio stations; a large number of private radio broadcasters	a mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations; more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV; hundreds of radio stations including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations
Households with television	94.1% Ranked 11th.	95% Ranked 19th. 1% more than Finland
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	303.83 Ranked 21st.	340.79 Ranked 11th. 12% more than Finland
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	91 Ranked 8th. 8% more than Germany	84 Ranked 21st.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	909.45 Ranked 7th. 8% more than Germany	841.64 Ranked 19th.
Internet > Users per 1000	680.69 Ranked 13th. 32% more than Germany	516.61 Ranked 33th.
Internet users	4.48 million Ranked 21st.	65.12 million Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Finland
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Finnish News Agency - Suomen Tietotoimisto (STT) - in Finnish, Swedish and English</p>	<p>Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	481.05 per 1,000 people Ranked 20th.	545.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 13% more than Finland
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public</p> </p>The Voice - private</p> </p>Radio Nova - national, private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17290044">Full Article</a>	<p>ARD - umbrella organisation of public radio services, including those of individual regions</p> </p>Deutschlandradio - operates national public stations Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur, both offering current affairs and cultural programmes</p> </p>Deutsche Welle - international radio,, services in many languages</p>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	172.51 Ranked 14th. 31% more than Germany	131.3 Ranked 46th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,160.65 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th.	1,283.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 11% more than Finland
Television > List of TV stations	<p>Yleisradio Oy (YLE) - public, web pages in English</p> </p>MTV3 - private</p> </p>Nelonen (Channel 4) - private</p>	<p>ARD - organisation of regional public broadcasters; operates Das Erste, the main national public TV channel</p> </p>ZDF - operates second national public TV channel</p> </p>n-tv - commercial, rolling-news</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	622.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 10% more than Germany	566.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th.
Televisions per 1000	613.85 Ranked 11th.	622.77 Ranked 10th. 1% more than Finland
Personal computers per 1000	481.05 Ranked 19th.	545.35 Ranked 16th. 13% more than Finland
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 186, shortwave 1	AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	431.07 Ranked 5th. 61% more than Germany	267.47 Ranked 13th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,401.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 16% more than Finland
Internet > Users > Per capita	687.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 33% more than Germany	515.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	164.38 Ranked 100th.	619.12 Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Finland
Televisions	3.2 million Ranked 46th.	51.4 million Ranked 6th. 16 times more than Finland
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	332.16 per 1,000 people Ranked 34th.	595.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 79% more than Finland
Internet users > Per 100 people	82.48 Ranked 6th. 9% more than Germany	75.48 Ranked 12th.
Internet > Internet users	4.79 million Ranked 61st.	68.3 million Ranked 7th. 14 times more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	445.11 per 1,000 people Ranked 3rd. 53% more than Germany	291.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	22,617 Mbps Ranked 21st.	566,056 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 25 times more than Finland
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	4,326.01 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 16th.	6,859.93 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 8th. 59% more than Finland
Personal computers	2.52 million Ranked 35th.	45 million Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Finland
Television broadcast stations	120 Ranked 2nd.	373 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Finland
Television viewing	18 hours per person per wee Ranked 13th.	23 hours per person per wee Ranked 6th. 28% more than Finland
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	922.9 million min. Ranked 37th.	15.68 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 17 times more than Finland
Radios per 1000	1,477.07 Ranked 2nd. 57% more than Germany	942.64 Ranked 16th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,442.25 Ranked 17th. 12% more than Germany	1,282.02 Ranked 32nd.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$15.42 billion Ranked 28th.	$181.18 billion Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Finland
Internet > Percent using internet	91% Ranked 8th. 8% more than Germany	84% Ranked 20th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	8.39 million Ranked 77th.	108.7 million Ranked 10th. 13 times more than Finland
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.5 per capita Ranked 2nd. 58% more than Germany	0.948 per capita Ranked 17th.
Newspaper circulation per 1000	441.97 Ranked 3rd. 46% more than Germany	302.9 Ranked 9th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	267.85 Ranked 58th.	594.61 Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Finland
Telephone mainlines per 1000	404.11 Ranked 30th.	667.47 Ranked 2nd. 65% more than Finland
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki daily</p> </p>Ilta-Sanomat - Helsinki, evening daily</p> </p>Hufvudstadsbladet - Helsinki, Swedish-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17290044">Full Article</a>	<p>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - prestigious daily</p> </p>Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Munich-based daily</p> </p>Die Welt - Berlin-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>
Films produced	15 Ranked 40th.	121 Ranked 9th. 8 times more than Finland
Cinema attendance	7 million Ranked 42nd.	149 million Ranked 5th. 21 times more than Finland
Telephone system > General assessment	modern system with excellent service	Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part
Cinema attendance per capita	1.34 Ranked 25th.	1.81 Ranked 22nd. 34% more than Finland
Television receivers per 1000	622.59 Ranked 8th. 10% more than Germany	566.83 Ranked 12th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	42 Ranked 33th.	212 Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Finland
Newspapers	55 Ranked 16th.	398 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Finland
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,575.34 Ranked 8th. 77% more than Germany	1,452.93 Ranked 24th.
Average cost of local call	0.12 Ranked 16th. 33% more than Germany	0.09 Ranked 33th.
Internet > Users	3.6 million Ranked 44th.	42.5 million Ranked 5th. 12 times more than Finland
Internet > Internet penetration	91% Ranked 9th. 8% more than Germany	84% Ranked 22nd.
Newspaper circulation	2.3 million Ranked 14th.	25 million Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Finland
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	997.12 Ranked 19th. 4% more than Germany	960.36 Ranked 22nd.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,721.37 Ranked 10th. 31% more than Germany	1,314.67 Ranked 43th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	890,000 Ranked 78th.	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 57 times more than Finland
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	9.32 million Ranked 82nd.	107.66 million Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Finland
Internet > Internet Service Providers	3 Ranked 138th.	200 Ranked 8th. 67 times more than Finland
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	1.65 million Ranked 46th.	27.91 million Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Per capita	0.045 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th.	0.057 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 27% more than Finland
Cable TV subscribers	184 Ranked 10th.	247 Ranked 7th. 34% more than Finland
Telephones > Main lines in use	1.08 million Ranked 73th.	51.8 million Ranked 4th. 48 times more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	16.45 Ranked 100th.	60.51 Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Finland
Active military personnel	22,600 Ranked 68th.	182,927 Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Finland
Radio receivers per 1000	1,498.1 Ranked 2nd. 58% more than Germany	948.38 Ranked 15th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	997.12 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 4% more than Germany	960.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	729.66 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Germany	275.31 Ranked 21st.
Number of PCs per million	481.05 Ranked 19th.	484.75 Ranked 18th. 1% more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	9.32 million Ranked 82nd.	92.4 million Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Finland
Radio receivers	7.7 million Ranked 40th.	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Finland
Cinema > Number of cinemas	205 Ranked 24th.	1,823 Ranked 7th. 9 times more than Finland
Television receivers	3.2 million Ranked 46th.	46.5 million Ranked 6th. 15 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	318 Ranked 14th.	3,718 Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Finland
Television viewing per million	3.46 hours per person per wee Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Germany	0.279 hours per person per wee Ranked 12th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	23.23 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Germany	4.57 per 1 million people Ranked 16th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	1.8$ Ranked 50th. 4 times more than Germany	0.43$ Ranked 105th.
Mobile phone subscribers	5.23 million Ranked 53th.	79.2 million Ranked 7th. 15 times more than Finland
Telephone system > International	country code - 358; submarine cables provide links to Estonia and Sweden; satellite earth stations - access to Intelsat transmission service via a Swedish satellite earth station, 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions)(Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden)	country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems
Internet > ISP	3 Ranked 11th.	200 Ranked 2nd. 67 times more than Finland
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	223.82 Ranked 8th. 73% more than Germany	129.75 Ranked 23th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	890,000 Ranked 77th.	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 57 times more than Finland
Films produced per million	2.88 Ranked 12th. 96% more than Germany	1.47 Ranked 27th.
Radios	7.7 million Ranked 41st.	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Finland
Internet > Hosts	3.88 million Ranked 15th.	22.61 million Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Annual attendance	7 million Ranked 28th.	149 million Ranked 3rd. 21 times more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	445.11 Ranked 3rd. 53% more than Germany	291.27 Ranked 9th.
Mobile phones	84.5 per 100 people Ranked 8th. 18% more than Germany	71.67 per 100 people Ranked 21st.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	1.36 Ranked 21st.	1.81 Ranked 18th. 34% more than Finland
Newspapers per million	10.55 Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Germany	4.82 Ranked 23th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	4,325.99 Mbps Ranked 16th.	6,859.93 Mbps Ranked 8th. 59% more than Finland
Internet penetration	85.3 Ranked 7th. 8% more than Germany	79.1 Ranked 9th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	2.25 million Ranked 25th.	22.1 million Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Finland
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	53 Ranked 29th.	347 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Finland
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	35.71% Ranked 18th.	37.74% Ranked 16th. 6% more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	2.3 million Ranked 21st.	23.95 million Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Finland
Internet > Top level domain	.fi	.de
Television > Total number of channels	6 Ranked 4th.	29 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Finland
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.069$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 29th. 13% more than Germany	0.061$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 35th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	7.79 Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Germany	2.59 Ranked 39th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	1,169 Ranked 6th.	2,756 Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Finland
Television > Total number of channels per million people	1.13 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Germany	0.352 Ranked 23th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	431.32 Ranked 6th. 61% more than Germany	267.83 Ranked 14th.
Telephone system > Domestic	digital fiber-optic fixed-line network and an extensive mobile-cellular network provide domestic needs	Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries
Internet country code	.fi	.de
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	121.66 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 21st.	205.76 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 12th. 69% more than Finland
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000	$2.89 Million US dollars Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Germany	$1.28 Million US dollars Ranked 10th.
Telephone mainlines	2.12 million Ranked 47th.	55.05 million Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than Finland
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	178.3 min. Ranked 27th.	190.76 min. Ranked 25th. 7% more than Finland
Cinemas	232 Ranked 29th.	4,712 Ranked 1st. 20 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	2.55 per 1,000 people Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Germany	0.951 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	223.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 8th. 73% more than Germany	129.75 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	22.25$/month Ranked 88th. 3 times more than Germany	7.4$/month Ranked 164th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	178.3 min. per capita Ranked 26th.	190.77 min. per capita Ranked 24th. 7% more than Finland
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	38.93 Ranked 9th. 76% more than Germany	22.13 Ranked 20th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	64.29% Ranked 40th. 3% more than Germany	62.26% Ranked 42nd.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$2,889.11 Ranked 5th. 31% more than Germany	$2,212.74 Ranked 16th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,694.8$ per capita Ranked 8th. 24% more than Germany	2,173.49$ per capita Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	2,144 Ranked 11th.	12,798 Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Finland
Mobile cellular subscriptions	6.83 million Ranked 69th.	105.52 million Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Finland
Internet > Broadband subscribers	1.17 million Ranked 27th.	10.7 million Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Finland
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	0.575 Ranked 129th.	2.42 Ranked 76th. 4 times more than Finland
Pay TV subscribers	49% Ranked 12th.	55% Ranked 11th. 12% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	3,252 Ranked 6th.	10,550 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Finland
Cinemas per million	45.02 Ranked 20th.	57.39 Ranked 11th. 27% more than Finland
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	10.83 Ranked 19th. 6% more than Germany	10.17 Ranked 17th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	55 Ranked 25th.	382 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Finland
Internet > IP addresses	13.55 million Ranked 27th.	118.13 million Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Finland
Telecommunications revenue	3.51 % of GDP Ranked 5th. 13% more than Germany	3.1 % of GDP Ranked 10th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	186.11 Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Germany	73.92 Ranked 30th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	774000000	5700000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	30.45 Ranked 10th. 11% more than Germany	27.52 Ranked 16th.
Number of PCs	2,515 Ranked 37th.	40,000 Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	164.38 Ranked 105th.	619.12 Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	13,173 Ranked 9th.	78,042 Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	5.61 million Ranked 32nd.	33.34 million Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Finland
Internet > Broadband access	1 million Ranked 26th.	8.41 million Ranked 7th. 8 times more than Finland
Television broadcast stations per million	23.23 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Germany	4.57 Ranked 18th.
Radio > Total number of channels	9 Ranked 43th.	56 Ranked 20th. 6 times more than Finland
Cinemas > Seats	55,800 Ranked 19th.	835,000 Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	2,550.2 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Germany	951.18 Ranked 17th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	760 Ranked 9th.	5,921 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	149 Ranked 23th. 6 times more than Germany	25 Ranked 43th.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access	179.24 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 10th.	187.04 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 7th. 4% more than Finland
Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2003.07.25	2002.11.01
Internet > TLD	.fi; note - Aland Islands assigned .ax	.de
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	128.54 Ranked 22nd. The same as Germany	128.51 Ranked 23th.
Internet > Livejournal users	2,617 Ranked 17th.	9,346 Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Finland
Internet > Secure Internet servers	2,001 Ranked 17th.	28,730 Ranked 4th. 14 times more than Finland
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	13 Ranked 25th.	103 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Finland
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.41 Ranked 11th. 92% more than Germany	1.26 Ranked 28th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	61.54% Ranked 32nd.	93.2% Ranked 19th. 51% more than Finland
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	1.35 per capita Ranked 21st.	1.81 per capita Ranked 18th. 34% more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	178.51 Ranked 12th. 7 times more than Germany	24.58 Ranked 29th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port	5 days Ranked 16th.	6 days Ranked 8th. 20% more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price	Free	EUR 25
Telecommunications > Country calling code	358	49
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2003.07.25	2002.11.01
Internet > Communication technology patents	53.5 per 1000000 people Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Germany	5.2 per 1000000 people Ranked 10th.
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,401.23 Ranked 22nd.	1,627.83 Ranked 5th. 16% more than Finland
Advertising revenue > Share of television	21% Ranked 10th.	23% Ranked 9th. 10% more than Finland
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	106.5% Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Germany	41% Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet charges	$37.00 Ranked 14th.	$39.00 Ranked 13th. 5% more than Finland
Internet > Secure servers	14.3 per 100,000 people Ranked 8th. 47% more than Germany	9.7 per 100,000 people Ranked 13th.
E-Government rating	48.8 Ranked 28th.	52.6 Ranked 11th. 8% more than Finland
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 22nd. The same as Germany	99% Ranked 20th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	415.07 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Germany	156.24 per 1 million people Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	226.31 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Germany	33.64 Ranked 21st.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	10.63 Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Germany	4.65 Ranked 21st.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	7,801 Ranked 10th.	26,000 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Finland
Television reception through satellite	15% Ranked 9th.	31% Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Finland
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	83.33% Ranked 3rd. 42% more than Germany	58.62% Ranked 22nd.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	380.78 per 1 million people Ranked 25th. 9% more than Germany	348.62 per 1 million people Ranked 27th.
Internet > Web sites	13.3 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th.	84.7 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Finland
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.191 Number Ranked 30th. 57% more than Germany	0.121 Number Ranked 37th.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people	1.72 Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Germany	0.679 Ranked 53th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	1.65 million Ranked 63th.	48.7 million Ranked 3rd. 30 times more than Finland
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	1.28% Ranked 59th.	4.72% Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Finland
Two and a Half Men > International Broadcasters > Series Premiere	September 1 2005	March 12 2005
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	415.06 Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Germany	156.24 Ranked 18th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	56.92 per 1 million people Ranked 6th.	76.75 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 35% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	1,566 Ranked 6th.	9,695 Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	28.79 Ranked 18th. 95 times more than Germany	0.304 Ranked 58th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	28.79 per 1 million people Ranked 18th. 95 times more than Germany	0.304 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million	500.56 Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Germany	113.26 Ranked 63th.
Television reception through cable	44% Ranked 11th.	53% Ranked 7th. 20% more than Finland
Website defacements per million	2.51 Ranked 58th. 27% more than Germany	1.97 Ranked 63th.
Website defacements	13 Ranked 62nd.	162 Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Finland
Internet > Linux web servers	142 Ranked 16th.	1,919 Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Finland
Eurovision Song Contest 1971 > Results > Points	84 Ranked 8th.	100 Ranked 3rd. 19% more than Finland
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$5.87 billion Ranked 14th.	$19.41 billion Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Finland
Eurovision Song Contest 1969 > Results > Points	6 Ranked 12th.	8 Ranked 10th. 33% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	226.31 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Germany	33.65 per 1 million people Ranked 22nd.
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners	Season 1, 2003-04 : Hanna Pakarinen <br> Season 2, 2005 : Ilkka JÃ¤Ã¤skelÃ¤inen <br> Season 3, 2007 : In progress	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_sucht_den_Superstar_%28Season_1%29">Season 1, 2002-03</a> : Alexander Klaws <br> Season 2, 2003-04 : Elli Erl <br> Season 3, 2005-06 : Tobias Regner<br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_sucht_den_Superstar_%28Season_4%29">Season 4, 2007</a> : In progress
Television reception by terrestrial means	41% Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Germany	16% Ranked 14th.
Internet > ISP per million	0.577 Ranked 14th.	2.43 Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Finland
Broadcasters of Medium > Broadcasters > Première	March 27, 2006	October 4, 2005
Telephone system > Regulation	1988	1998
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.4 per 100 mainlines Ranked 102nd.	8.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 115th. 4% more than Finland
Public funding of broadcasters revenue per capita	$69.00 Ranked 3rd. 41% more than Germany	$49.00 Ranked 6th.
Telephone subscribers	7.35 million Ranked 48th.	134.25 million Ranked 5th. 18 times more than Finland
Never Ever > Charts > Date	March 1998	March 1998
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	10.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 6% more than Germany	10.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th.
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Series Premiere	February 27 2006	September 16 2006
Telephone subscribers per employee	419.59 Ranked 47th.	559.19 Ranked 32nd. 33% more than Finland
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	27/08/2001	2003-03
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.97% GDP Ranked 88th.	3.04% GDP Ranked 51st. 2% more than Finland
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	16.47 Ranked 100th.	61.84 Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	61.56 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 36% more than Germany	45.39 per 1 million people Ranked 15th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	46.08 Ranked 7th. 5% more than Germany	43.7 Ranked 9th.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment	$15,409.24 Million US dollars Ranked 15th.	$104,715.72 Million US dollars Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Finland
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL G
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP	6.44e-06% Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Germany	3.17e-06% Ranked 10th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1974 > Results > Points	4 Ranked 13th. 33% more than Germany	3 Ranked 17th.
Telecommunications employment	1.06% Ranked 1st. 61% more than Germany	0.66% Ranked 11th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	303.17 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany	118.35 Ranked 8th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	4442700000	68300000000
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	9.68$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 81st. 62 times more than Germany	0.156$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 108th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,721.37 Ranked 9th. 53% more than Germany	1,128.35 Ranked 77th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	10.14 Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Germany	4.21 Ranked 48th.
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	31 August 2007	August 2003
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	August 27, 2001	November 2002
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.344$ per 1 million people Ranked 42nd. 69 times more than Germany	0.005$ per 1 million people Ranked 108th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	1,492.11 Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Germany	315.09 Ranked 12th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	30.45 Ranked 21st.	34.04 Ranked 11th. 12% more than Finland
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,612.58 Ranked 15th. 48% more than Germany	1,090.92 Ranked 24th.
Internet usage % > 2007	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_internet_users">82.9</a>	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_internet_users">67.1</a>
Phone subscribers	1,326.08 Ranked 9th. 1% more than Germany	1,316.52 Ranked 10th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	379.97 Ranked 24th. 9% more than Germany	348.76 Ranked 26th.
My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Series Premiere	February 19 2006	planned fall 2007
NUMB3RS > International first broadcast dates > First aired	November 24, 2006	September 5, 2005
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	204 Ranked 30th. 6 times more than Germany	34 Ranked 55th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	1 Number Ranked 53th.	10 Number Ranked 13th. 10 times more than Finland
Internet > ISP > Per capita	0.577 per 1 million people Ranked 14th.	2.43 per 1 million people Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	629.57 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Germany	128.8 per 1 million people Ranked 16th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	303.17 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Germany	118.36 per 1 million people Ranked 8th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	46.08 per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 5% more than Germany	43.7 per 1 million people Ranked 9th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	56.92 Ranked 8th.	76.75 Ranked 3rd. 35% more than Finland
Commercial share of broadcasting revenue	0.0 Ranked 16th.	17% Ranked 12th.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	77.78% Ranked 10th. 22 times more than Germany	3.57% Ranked 46th.
Total broadcasters revenue per capita	$73.00 Ranked 6th. 14% more than Germany	$64.00 Ranked 9th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	973,000 Ranked 23th.	6.1 million Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Finland
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1998	1996
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,401.23 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 16% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	238 Ranked 11th.	3,580 Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	593.95 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany	197.9 per 1 million people Ranked 14th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	739.22 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Germany	274.45 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd.
Internet > Linux web servers per million	27.37 Ranked 11th. 17% more than Germany	23.3 Ranked 14th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	3.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 23% more than Germany	2.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	404.11 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th.	667.47 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 65% more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	629.56 Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Germany	128.79 Ranked 16th.
Internet servers using encryption	4,283 Ranked 20th.	52,494 Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Finland
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	802.3 Ranked 17th. 25% more than Germany	641.11 Ranked 20th.
Music sales > Singles > Millions	0.1 Ranked 17th.	7.5 Ranked 2nd. 75 times more than Finland
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	593.94 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Germany	197.89 Ranked 14th.
Public share of broadcasting revenue	95% Ranked 2nd. 23% more than Germany	77% Ranked 6th.
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off	31 August 2007	Planned 2008
Royalties and fees	$219.90 Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Germany	$34.40 Ranked 14th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 > Results > Points	93 Ranked 6th. 9% more than Germany	85 Ranked 9th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1975 > Results > Points	74 Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Germany	15 Ranked 17th.
Internet > Government Broadband Index	4.1 Ranked 5th. 58% more than Germany	2.6 Ranked 14th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone	Using first and/or family name. When the ID of the caller is known, they may be greeted directly. "Haloo?" is sometimes used as a neutral confirmation.	using family name, often with first name
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End	1/9/2007	2008-12-02 completed
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > Start	1/9/2007	2003-03 Regional rollout
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	178.51 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 7 times more than Germany	24.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 29th.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.3 Ranked 33th.	2.8 Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Finland
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people	47.29 Ranked 22nd. 98 times more than Germany	0.482 Ranked 80th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+358	+49
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	1,064.58 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Germany	410.81 Ranked 39th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	294 Ranked 14th.	6,287 Ranked 1st. 21 times more than Finland
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	45.7% Ranked 13th. 36% more than Germany	33.72% Ranked 34th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	71.8% Ranked 4th. 46% more than Germany	49.15% Ranked 16th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	51.31% Ranked 15th. 36% more than Germany	37.74% Ranked 37th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	39.02 Ranked 25th. 95 times more than Germany	0.412 Ranked 103th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	3,068 Ranked 7th.	16,210 Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Finland
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	10.63 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Germany	4.65 per 1 million people Ranked 20th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	924,000 Ranked 18th.	2.02 million Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Finland
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.166 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 37th.	0.169 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 34th. 2% more than Finland
Telephone lines	1.65 million Ranked 59th.	51.4 million Ranked 4th. 31 times more than Finland
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	1.62 million Ranked 31st.	22.6 million Ranked 4th. 14 times more than Finland
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	12.04% Ranked 17th. 37% more than Germany	8.81% Ranked 33th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	16.46% Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Germany	6.9% Ranked 23th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1966 > Results > Points	7 Ranked 12th. The same as Germany	7 Ranked 11th.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL B
Television revenue from subscriptions	14% Ranked 12th.	26% Ranked 9th. 86% more than Finland
Pure Shores > Charts > Date	February 2000	April 2000
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	31.05 Ranked 51st.	62.6 Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Finland
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	6.8$/month Ranked 134th.	17.34$/month Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Finland
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	28.71$/month Ranked 16th. 8% more than Germany	26.47$/month Ranked 21st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	147.13 Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Germany	72.28 Ranked 16th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	61.56 Ranked 7th. 36% more than Germany	45.39 Ranked 15th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	16.75% Ranked 83th. 96% more than Germany	8.53% Ranked 69th.

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