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Media Stats: compare key data on India & Switzerland

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Broadcast media Doordarshan, India's public TV network, operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; a large and increasing number of privately owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; by 2011, more than 100 million homes had access to cable and satellite TV offering more than 700 TV channels; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately-owned FM stations have been permitted and their numbers have increased rapidly the publicly owned radio and TV broadcaster, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG/SSR), operates 7 national TV networks, 3 broadcasting in German, 2 in Italian, and 2 in French; private commercial TV stations broadcast regionally and locally; TV broadcasts from stations in Germany, Italy, and France are widely available via multi-channel cable and satellite TV services; SRG/SSR operates 18 radio stations that, along with private broadcasters, provide national to local coverage
Households with television 32%
Ranked 98th.
99.83%
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than India

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 11.57
Ranked 128th.
404.77
Ranked 3rd. 35 times more than India

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 12.58
Ranked 155th.
85.2
Ranked 18th. 7 times more than India

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 124.18
Ranked 159th.
844.49
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than India

Internet > Users per 1000 69.02
Ranked 111th.
610.51
Ranked 21st. 9 times more than India

Internet users 61.34 million
Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Switzerland
5.74 million
Ranked 16th.

News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Press Trust of India (PTI) - non-profit, owned by newspaper titles</p> </p>Asian News International (ANI) - commercial, privately-owned multimedia news agency</p> </p>Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) - privately-owned newswire</p> <p>swissinfo - news portal operated by public broadcaster, pages in English</p> </p>SDA - Swiss News Agency (SDA/ATS)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita 15.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th.
864.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 56 times more than India

Radio > List of radio stations <p>All India Radio - public, operates domestic and external networks</p> </p>Radio One - commercial radio network in six big cities</p> </p>Radio Mirchi - commercial network, stations in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, mainly music, operated by The Times Group</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>SR-DRS - German-language public broadcaster, operates five stations</p> </p>RSR - French-language public broadcaster, operates four stations</p> </p>RSI - Italian-language public broadcaster, operates three stations</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17982246">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 68.72
Ranked 152nd.
135.25
Ranked 40th. 97% more than India

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.
1,071.66 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th. 4 times more than India

Television > List of TV stations <p>Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services</p> </p>CNN-IBN - 24-hour news channel in English, partially owned by CNN&#039;s parent, Turner International</p> </p>New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV 24x7 and NDTV-India news channels in English and Hindi</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>SF-DRS - German-language public broadcaster, operates three channels</p> </p>RTSI - Italian-language public broadcaster, operates two channels</p> </p>TSR - French-language public broadcaster, operates two channels</p>
Television receivers > Per capita 65.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
466.99 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 7 times more than India

Televisions per 1000 57.6
Ranked 133th.
451.02
Ranked 30th. 8 times more than India
Personal computers per 1000 15.08
Ranked 48th.
864.58
Ranked 1st. 57 times more than India

Radio broadcast stations AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 AM 4, FM 113 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 2
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 70.94
Ranked 42nd.
420.04
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than India

Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
1,609.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than India

Internet > Users > Per capita 70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
610.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 24th. 9 times more than India

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 25.13
Ranked 157th.
547.95
Ranked 11th. 22 times more than India

Televisions 63 million
Ranked 4th. 19 times more than Switzerland
3.31 million
Ranked 43th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd.
661.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than India

Internet users > Per 100 people 4.54
Ranked 145th.
75.93
Ranked 10th. 17 times more than India

Internet > Internet users 151.6 million
Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than Switzerland
6.75 million
Ranked 49th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 60.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd.
371.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than India

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 20,000 Mbps
Ranked 8th.
71,464 Mbps
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than India

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 18.27 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 59th.
9,670.91 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 6th. 529 times more than India

Personal computers 17 million
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Switzerland
6.43 million
Ranked 7th.

Television broadcast stations 562
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Switzerland
115
Ranked 11th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 3.1 billion min.
Ranked 8th.
4.78 billion min.
Ranked 12th. 54% more than India

Radios per 1000 106.05
Ranked 164th.
967.43
Ranked 12th. 9 times more than India
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 555.73
Ranked 4th.
1,195.14
Ranked 43th. 2 times more than India

Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $52.35 billion
Ranked 11th. 55% more than Switzerland
$33.71 billion
Ranked 16th.

Internet > Percent using internet 12.58%
Ranked 153th.
85.2%
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than India

Telephones > Mobile cellular 893.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 88 times more than Switzerland
10.12 million
Ranked 72nd.

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.12 per capita
Ranked 147th.
1 per capita
Ranked 11th. 8 times more than India

Newspaper circulation per 1000 53.96
Ranked 27th.
364.63
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than India
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 29.67
Ranked 4th.
600.48
Ranked 7th. 20 times more than India

Telephone mainlines per 1000 44.14
Ranked 103th.
688.84
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than India

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Times of India - Mumbai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindu - Chennai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindustan Times - New Delhi-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Zurich-based daily</p> </p>Tages-Anzeiger - Zurich-based daily</p> </p>Le Temps - Geneva-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17982246">Full Article</a>
Films produced 946
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Switzerland
44
Ranked 20th.
Cinema attendance 2.86 billion
Ranked 1st. 185 times more than Switzerland
15.43 million
Ranked 27th.
Telephone system > General assessment supported by recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world; total telephone subscribership base exceeded 900 million in 2011, an overall teledensity of roughly 75%, and subscribership is currently growing more than 20 million per month; urban teledensity now exceeds 100% and rural teledensity is steadily growing highly developed telecommunications infrastructure with excellent domestic and international services
Cinema attendance per capita 2.61
Ranked 13th. 24% more than Switzerland
2.1
Ranked 18th.
Television receivers per 1000 63.61
Ranked 112th.
466.93
Ranked 25th. 7 times more than India

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 1,255
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Switzerland
84
Ranked 17th.

Newspapers 5,221
Ranked 1st. 64 times more than Switzerland
81
Ranked 14th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita 28.78
Ranked 162nd.
2,726.45
Ranked 6th. 95 times more than India
Average cost of local call 0.02
Ranked 89th.
0.12
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than India
Internet > Users 80 million
Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Switzerland
4.61 million
Ranked 38th.

Internet > Internet penetration 12.6%
Ranked 162nd.
85.2%
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than India
Newspaper circulation 59.02 million
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Switzerland
2.68 million
Ranked 12th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 79.85
Ranked 131st.
920.65
Ranked 26th. 12 times more than India

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 699.22
Ranked 148th.
1,307.97
Ranked 44th. 87% more than India

Telecoms > Telephone lines 31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Switzerland
4.38 million
Ranked 37th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 83 times more than Switzerland
10.46 million
Ranked 76th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 43
Ranked 27th.
44
Ranked 25th. 2% more than India
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 14.31 million
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Switzerland
3.24 million
Ranked 26th.

Cinemas > Per capita 0.023 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd.
0.054 per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than India

Telephones > Main lines in use 32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Switzerland
4.61 million
Ranked 34th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 2.51
Ranked 156th.
56.48
Ranked 9th. 22 times more than India

Active military personnel 1.32 million
Ranked 1st. 60 times more than Switzerland
22,059
Ranked 69th.
Radio receivers per 1000 117.12
Ranked 148th.
1,001.56
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than India

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 82.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.
920.65 per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 11 times more than India

Internet > Hosts per 1000 2.3
Ranked 110th.
449.42
Ranked 11th. 195 times more than India

Number of PCs per million 11.73
Ranked 129th.
826.16
Ranked 1st. 70 times more than India
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 83 times more than Switzerland
10.41 million
Ranked 76th.

Radio receivers 116 million
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Switzerland
7.1 million
Ranked 43th.

Television receivers 63 million
Ranked 4th. 19 times more than Switzerland
3.31 million
Ranked 43th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 1,150
Ranked 7th. 4% more than Switzerland
1,101
Ranked 6th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.582 per 1 million people
Ranked 56th.
16.33 per 1 million people
Ranked 4th. 28 times more than India
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.19$
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than Switzerland
0.32$
Ranked 12th.

Mobile phone subscribers 90 million
Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Switzerland
6.85 million
Ranked 47th.

Telephone system > International country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam country code - 41; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean)
Internet > ISP 43
Ranked 16th.
44
Ranked 14th. 2% more than India
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.15
Ranked 86th.
232
Ranked 7th. 201 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Switzerland
4.38 million
Ranked 37th.

Films produced per million 0.865
Ranked 32nd.
6
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than India
Radios 116 million
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Switzerland
7.1 million
Ranked 44th.
Internet > Hosts 2.71 million
Ranked 24th.
3.44 million
Ranked 20th. 27% more than India

Cinemas > Annual attendance 2.86 billion
Ranked 1st. 186 times more than Switzerland
15.4 million
Ranked 18th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 58.57
Ranked 44th.
371.09
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than India

Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 2.84
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Switzerland
2.16
Ranked 13th.

Newspapers per million 4.77
Ranked 24th.
11.04
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than India
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 17.74 Mbps
Ranked 59th.
9,670.86 Mbps
Ranked 6th. 545 times more than India

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1,874
Ranked 1st. 20 times more than Switzerland
96
Ranked 18th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 79.24 million
Ranked 2nd. 26 times more than Switzerland
3.1 million
Ranked 20th.

Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 0.0
Ranked 42nd.
33.33%
Ranked 19th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 59.02 million
Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than Switzerland
2.67 million
Ranked 18th.

Internet > Top level domain .in .ch
Television > Total number of channels 27
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Switzerland
8
Ranked 12th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.058$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 39th.
0.075$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 19th. 29% more than India

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 1.03
Ranked 56th.
10.62
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 570
Ranked 16th.
1,761
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than India

Television > Total number of channels per million people 0.024
Ranked 66th.
1.07
Ranked 9th. 45 times more than India
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 71.35
Ranked 44th.
420.18
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than India

Telephone system > Domestic mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with multiple private service providers and one or more state-owned service providers; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT) ranked among leading countries for fixed-line teledensity and infrastructure; mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 125 per 100 persons; extensive cable and microwave radio relay networks
Internet country code .in .ch
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 24.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 41st.
199.28 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 13th. 8 times more than India

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 2.88 min.
Ranked 112th.
664.79 min.
Ranked 5th. 231 times more than India

Telephone mainlines 49.75 million
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Switzerland
5.12 million
Ranked 26th.

Cinemas 21,801
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Switzerland
384
Ranked 17th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita 0.014 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th.
2.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 183 times more than India

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 1.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th.
232 per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th. 195 times more than India

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Selective filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 6.78$/month
Ranked 169th.
7.95$/month
Ranked 160th. 17% more than India

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 2.96 min. per capita
Ranked 110th.
664.79 min. per capita
Ranked 4th. 225 times more than India

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 100%
Ranked 2nd. 50% more than Switzerland
66.67%
Ranked 34th.

Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita 49.83$ per capita
Ranked 69th.
3,939.96$ per capita
Ranked 1st. 79 times more than India

Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$ $45.31
Ranked 66th.
$4,360.91
Ranked 1st. 96 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 275
Ranked 18th.
306
Ranked 14th. 11% more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 5,294
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Switzerland
2,379
Ranked 10th.

Mobile cellular subscriptions 346.89 million
Ranked 3rd. 39 times more than Switzerland
8.9 million
Ranked 60th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 1.3 million
Ranked 22nd.
1.73 million
Ranked 17th. 33% more than India

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.0393
Ranked 192nd.
6
Ranked 49th. 153 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 760
Ranked 23th.
3,862
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than India

Cinemas per million 22.01
Ranked 34th.
53.75
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 5,221
Ranked 1st. 50 times more than Switzerland
104
Ranked 17th.

Internet > IP addresses 34.69 million
Ranked 15th. 66% more than Switzerland
20.87 million
Ranked 19th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 69.76
Ranked 31st.
182.82
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than India

Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 165710000000 2155000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.46
Ranked 114th.
33.68
Ranked 7th. 73 times more than India

Number of PCs 13,030
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Switzerland
6,105
Ranked 21st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 25.13
Ranked 161st.
547.95
Ranked 14th. 22 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 14,085
Ranked 9th.
18,273
Ranked 6th. 30% more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 59.05 million
Ranked 7th. 18 times more than Switzerland
3.28 million
Ranked 49th.
Internet > Broadband access 623,000
Ranked 31st.
1.55 million
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than India
Television broadcast stations per million 0.567
Ranked 61st.
16.33
Ranked 4th. 29 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 573
Ranked 15th.
1,881
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million 13.98
Ranked 57th.
2,557.81
Ranked 3rd. 183 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 38,607
Ranked 1st. 322 times more than Switzerland
120
Ranked 31st.

Internet > TLD .in .ch
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 30.43
Ranked 147th.
116.33
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than India

Internet > Livejournal users 1,602
Ranked 24th. 89% more than Switzerland
846
Ranked 35th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 825
Ranked 29th.
4,318
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than India

Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita 2.91 per capita
Ranked 11th. 35% more than Switzerland
2.16 per capita
Ranked 13th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000 67.3
Ranked 22nd.
166.57
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port 7 days
Ranked 1st. 40% more than Switzerland
5 days
Ranked 11th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2011.01.20 2000.03.??
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price 19 Free
Telecommunications > Country calling code 91 41
Telephone subscribers per 1000 123.99
Ranked 112th.
1,609.5
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 4.9%
Ranked 109th.
41.4%
Ranked 39th. 8 times more than India
E-Government rating 45.1
Ranked 57th.
55.4
Ranked 8th. 23% more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita 5.39 per 1 million people
Ranked 47th.
333.19 per 1 million people
Ranked 8th. 62 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million 0.566
Ranked 53th.
246.5
Ranked 2nd. 436 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 5.18
Ranked 21st.
14.48
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than India

Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage 25.93%
Ranked 35th.
87.5%
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than India
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 0.743 per 1 million people
Ranked 133th.
580.26 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 781 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 30.79 million
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Switzerland
4.82 million
Ranked 32nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million 5.25
Ranked 49th.
333.01
Ranked 9th. 63 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History 1,299
Ranked 8th. 39% more than Switzerland
937
Ranked 10th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita 0.413 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
47.06 per 1 million people
Ranked 8th. 114 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million 38.31
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Switzerland
16.8
Ranked 26th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita 39.31 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Switzerland
16.81 per 1 million people
Ranked 26th.

Internet > Livejournal users per million 1.44
Ranked 185th.
114.48
Ranked 62nd. 79 times more than India
Internet > Linux web servers 25
Ranked 41st.
196
Ranked 11th. 8 times more than India
Website defacements 119
Ranked 16th. 49% more than Switzerland
80
Ranked 21st.
Website defacements per million 0.112
Ranked 115th.
11.07
Ranked 12th. 99 times more than India
1995 Shanghai International Film Festival > In competition > Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra Wolfgang Panzer
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 48.37
Ranked 111th.
410.38
Ranked 40th. 8 times more than India
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 1.55
Ranked 128th.
1,119.62
Ranked 9th. 722 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology 408
Ranked 14th.
825
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than India

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 4.82
Ranked 72nd.
15.83
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than India

Internet servers using encryption 1,796
Ranked 28th.
8,656
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita 3.41 per 1 million people
Ranked 53th.
684.17 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 201 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million 1.29
Ranked 53th.
131.16
Ranked 5th. 102 times more than India

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 2.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 128th.
453.34 per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. 192 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million 0.273
Ranked 52nd.
42.83
Ranked 10th. 157 times more than India

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 5.28 million
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Switzerland
2.58 million
Ranked 21st.

ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 5.04%
Ranked 79th.
6.55%
Ranked 54th. 30% more than India

ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 1.31%
Ranked 64th.
3.48%
Ranked 45th. 3 times more than India

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 1.71$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 96th. 96% more than Switzerland
0.872$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 9th.

Television standard > VHF PAL B PAL B
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.001$ per 1 million people
Ranked 111th.
0.043$ per 1 million people
Ranked 8th. 43 times more than India

Internet > ISP per million 0.0413
Ranked 131st.
6.12
Ranked 35th. 148 times more than India
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
1,609.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 13 times more than India

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 126 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Switzerland
18.47 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 71st.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita 1.17 per 1 million people
Ranked 48th.
154.2 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 132 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million 0.405
Ranked 48th.
115.48
Ranked 2nd. 285 times more than India

Telephone subscribers 139.75 million
Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Switzerland
11.97 million
Ranked 39th.

Telephone subscribers per employee 107.93
Ranked 120th.
525.29
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than India

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.93% GDP
Ranked 69th.
3.55% GDP
Ranked 43th. 84% more than India

Phone subscribers 43.78
Ranked 123th.
1,476.29
Ranked 5th. 34 times more than India
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 0.722
Ranked 132nd.
576.97
Ranked 13th. 800 times more than India

My Name Is Earl > Broadcasters > Series Premiere Thursdays 8:30 pm 15th March 2007 October 22 2006
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 5,351
Ranked 3rd. 46 times more than Switzerland
117
Ranked 38th.

Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.042 per 1 million people
Ranked 124th.
6.12 per 1 million people
Ranked 27th. 146 times more than India
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 3.57
Ranked 145th.
2,282.19
Ranked 7th. 640 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita 0.774 per 1 million people
Ranked 53th.
540.9 per 1 million people
Ranked 3rd. 699 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita 1.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
131.23 per 1 million people
Ranked 4th. 99 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita 0.415 per 1 million people
Ranked 47th.
115.55 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 278 times more than India

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 1.14
Ranked 128th.
41.86
Ranked 3rd. 37 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million 0.403
Ranked 53th.
47.03
Ranked 11th. 117 times more than India

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.69
Ranked 89th.
12.99
Ranked 13th. 8 times more than India

Phone system > International dialling code +91 +41
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita 0.58 per 1 million people
Ranked 49th.
246.64 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 425 times more than India

Telephone system > Regulation 1997 1992
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 699.22
Ranked 148th.
1,302.23
Ranked 43th. 86% more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita 0.28 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
42.86 per 1 million people
Ranked 9th. 153 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million 3.32
Ranked 55th.
683.79
Ranked 2nd. 206 times more than India

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 3.32
Ranked 143th.
63.22
Ranked 5th. 19 times more than India

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 2.39$/month
Ranked 178th.
28.41$/month
Ranked 6th. 12 times more than India

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 688000000000 16222000000
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 2.47
Ranked 158th.
56.66
Ranked 10th. 23 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million 0.754
Ranked 54th.
540.59
Ranked 3rd. 717 times more than India

Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 3.28$/month
Ranked 110th.
29.51$/month
Ranked 11th. 9 times more than India

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
688.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million 0.569
Ranked 54th.
263.3
Ranked 3rd. 463 times more than India

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.404 per 1,000 people
Ranked 124th.
2.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million 1.14
Ranked 49th.
154.12
Ranked 2nd. 135 times more than India

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 45.93%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Switzerland
13.54%
Ranked 51st.

Internet > Linux web servers per million 0.0236
Ranked 97th.
27.11
Ranked 12th. 1149 times more than India
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 77.48 million
Ranked 5th. 57 times more than Switzerland
1.35 million
Ranked 19th.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people 11.79
Ranked 47th.
19.06
Ranked 37th. 62% more than India

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.8
Ranked 14th. 60% more than Switzerland
0.5
Ranked 20th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 406
Ranked 10th. 21% more than Switzerland
336
Ranked 11th.

ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP 65.89%
Ranked 3rd. 91% more than Switzerland
34.57%
Ranked 31st.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 66.44%
Ranked 8th. 97% more than Switzerland
33.77%
Ranked 42nd.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 43.07%
Ranked 28th. 15% more than Switzerland
37.4%
Ranked 40th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 3,350
Ranked 9th.
4,885
Ranked 5th. 46% more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 5.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 20th.
14.48 per 1 million people
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily 67.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Switzerland
1.19 million
Ranked 18th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita 69.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd.
166.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than India

Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.039 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 120th.
0.242 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 12th. 6 times more than India
Telephone lines 37.9 million
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Switzerland
4.83 million
Ranked 29th.

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