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  • Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
  • Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
    Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems. 
     
    Values
     
    “per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.
     
    “sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.
     
    “sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.
     
    “sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.
     
    “ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking. 
     
     “nd”, no data.
     
     
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • 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.
  • 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 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."
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
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STAT Mexico Puerto Rico HISTORY
Broadcast media many TV stations and more than 1,400 radio stations with most privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available more than 30 television stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations operating
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 649.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 64th. 		974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 50% more than Mexico
Households with television 92.7%
Ranked 13th. 		97.03%
Ranked 16th. 5% more than Mexico
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 105.23
Ranked 73th. 		151.07
Ranked 51st. 44% more than Mexico
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 38.42
Ranked 107th. 		51.41
Ranked 79th. 34% more than Mexico
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 380.08
Ranked 111th. 		516.45
Ranked 82nd. 36% more than Mexico
Internet > Users per 1000 200.93
Ranked 81st. 		264.34
Ranked 65th. 32% more than Mexico
Internet users 31.02 million
Ranked 12th. 31 times more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Grupo ACIR - has stations in Mexico City and across the country</p> </p>MVS Radio - operates in the capital and elsewhere</p> </p>Nucleo Radio Mil - operates several mediumwave (AM) and FM stations in Mexico City</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a> <p>WIAC 740 - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WAPA - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WIPR &#039;Radio 940&#039; - public</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 86.77
Ranked 132nd. 6% more than Puerto Rico 		81.75
Ranked 136th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 627.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 81st. 		857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 37% more than Mexico
Television > List of TV stations <p>Televisa - Mexico&#039;s TV giant, operates four networks and has many local affiliates</p> </p>TV Azteca - main competitor of Televisa, operates two networks and local stations</p> </p>Once TV - Canal 11 - Canal 11 - public, educational, cultural</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a> <p>Telemundo (channel 2) - commercial</p> </p>WAPA (channel 4) - commercial</p> </p>Univision (channel 11) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 272.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th. 		273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. About the same as Mexico
Televisions per 1000 236.91
Ranked 70th. 		266.85
Ranked 63th. 13% more than Mexico
Internet > Users > Per capita 209.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 81st. 		253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 21% more than Mexico
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 167.3
Ranked 99th. 		212.77
Ranked 76th. 27% more than Mexico
Televisions 25.6 million
Ranked 11th. 25 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.02 million
Ranked 80th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 181.73 per 1,000 people
Ranked 62nd. 		265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. 46% more than Mexico
Internet users > Per 100 people 22.16
Ranked 96th. 		25.29
Ranked 83th. 14% more than Mexico
Internet > Internet users 44.17 million
Ranked 11th. 23 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
Television broadcast stations 236
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico 		32
Ranked 14th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 12.13 billion min.
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th.
Radios per 1000 286.89
Ranked 108th. 		705.68
Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Mexico
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 717.45
Ranked 110th. 		726.12
Ranked 107th. 1% more than Mexico
Internet > Percent using internet 38.42%
Ranked 108th. 		51.41%
Ranked 78th. 34% more than Mexico
Telephones > Mobile cellular 94.56 million
Ranked 13th. 30 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.11 million
Ranked 121st.
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.33 per capita
Ranked 87th. 		0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th. 2 times more than Mexico
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 166.85
Ranked 93th. 		232.62
Ranked 70th. 39% more than Mexico
Telephone mainlines per 1000 176.21
Ranked 67th. 		290.55
Ranked 51st. 65% more than Mexico
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Excelsior - established daily</p> </p>La Jornada - daily</p> </p>Reforma - influential daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a> <p>El Nuevo Dia - daily</p> </p>Primera Hora - daily</p> </p>El Vocero de Puerto Rico - daily</p>
Telephone system > General assessment adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 258.67
Ranked 58th. 		271.58
Ranked 53th. 5% more than Mexico
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 73
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Puerto Rico 		10
Ranked 63th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita 224.94
Ranked 96th. 		250.24
Ranked 91st. 11% more than Mexico
Internet > Users 22.81 million
Ranked 12th. 23 times more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 76th.
Internet > Internet penetration 38.4%
Ranked 113th. 		51.4%
Ranked 83th. 34% more than Mexico
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 428.62
Ranked 73th. 		700.83
Ranked 44th. 64% more than Mexico
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 833.99
Ranked 134th. 		834.48
Ranked 133th. The same as Mexico
Telecoms > Telephone lines 20.22 million
Ranked 14th. 26 times more than Puerto Rico 		780,229
Ranked 86th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 100.79 million
Ranked 13th. 33 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.06 million
Ranked 129th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers 51
Ranked 20th. 		76
Ranked 13th. 49% more than Mexico
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 12.72 million
Ranked 12th. 23 times more than Puerto Rico 		558,054
Ranked 65th.
Telephones > Main lines in use 19.68 million
Ranked 15th. 24 times more than Puerto Rico 		826,100
Ranked 87th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 16.73
Ranked 99th. 		19.12
Ranked 87th. 14% more than Mexico
Radio receivers per 1000 313.23
Ranked 91st. 		718.19
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Mexico
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 460.4 per 1,000 people
Ranked 73th. 		688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 50% more than Mexico
Internet > Hosts per 1000 92.66
Ranked 46th. 863 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.107
Ranked 154th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 100.73 million
Ranked 12th. 33 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.05 million
Ranked 129th.
Radio receivers 31 million
Ranked 15th. 11 times more than Puerto Rico 		2.7 million
Ranked 80th.
Television receivers 25.6 million
Ranked 11th. 25 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.02 million
Ranked 78th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.51 per 1 million people
Ranked 39th. 		8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Mexico
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards 9
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico 		3
Ranked 2nd.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.83$
Ranked 10th. 		0.87$
Ranked 138th. 5% more than Mexico
Mobile phone subscribers 47.46 million
Ranked 11th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico 		2.68 million
Ranked 66th.
Telephone system > International country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections country code - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 51
Ranked 10th. 		76
Ranked 4th. 49% more than Mexico
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 20.81
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Puerto Rico 		5.95
Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 20.22 million
Ranked 14th. 26 times more than Puerto Rico 		780,229
Ranked 85th.
Radios 31 million
Ranked 15th. 11 times more than Puerto Rico 		2.7 million
Ranked 81st.
Internet > Hosts 10.65 million
Ranked 8th. 26369 times more than Puerto Rico 		404
Ranked 162nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 300
Ranked 7th. 60 times more than Puerto Rico 		5
Ranked 91st.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 9.25 million
Ranked 9th. 19 times more than Puerto Rico 		475,000
Ranked 61st.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 19.18%
Ranked 36th. 92% more than Puerto Rico 		10%
Ranked 45th.
Internet > Top level domain .mx .pr
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 0.612
Ranked 68th. 		2.71
Ranked 36th. 4 times more than Mexico
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 89.06
Ranked 43th. 		127.53
Ranked 51st. 43% more than Mexico
Telephone system > Domestic despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; Fixed-line teledensity is less than 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 80 per 100 persons digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .mx .pr
Telephone mainlines 19.51 million
Ranked 10th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.11 million
Ranked 66th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 110.9 min.
Ranked 23th. 		449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Mexico
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 22.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 51st. 4 times more than Puerto Rico 		5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 118.87 min. per capita
Ranked 22nd. 		449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Mexico
Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 80.82%
Ranked 24th. 		90%
Ranked 15th. 11% more than Mexico
Mobile cellular subscriptions 75.31 million
Ranked 13th. 22 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.35 million
Ranked 68th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers 2.3 million
Ranked 13th. 101 times more than Puerto Rico 		22,732
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.472
Ranked 140th. 		19.86
Ranked 26th. 42 times more than Mexico
Internet > IP addresses 25.86 million
Ranked 18th. 26 times more than Puerto Rico 		1 million
Ranked 78th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 40773000000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 7.14
Ranked 61st. 32% more than Puerto Rico 		5.42
Ranked 66th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 167.3
Ranked 104th. 		212.77
Ranked 81st. 27% more than Mexico
Television broadcast stations per million 2.38
Ranked 45th. 		8.41
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Mexico
Internet > TLD .mx .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 70.81
Ranked 102nd. 		85.76
Ranked 34th. 21% more than Mexico
Internet > Livejournal users 1,365
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Puerto Rico 		370
Ranked 55th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 1,038
Ranked 28th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico 		130
Ranked 57th.
Telephone subscribers per 1000 604.83
Ranked 68th. 		991.38
Ranked 47th. 64% more than Mexico
Population covered by mobile telephony 99.9%
Ranked 12th. 		100%
Ranked 1st. About the same as Mexico
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 9.96 per 1 million people
Ranked 88th. 		33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Mexico
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 20.67 million
Ranked 13th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.04 million
Ranked 78th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 12.48
Ranked 127th. 		96.68
Ranked 70th. 8 times more than Mexico
Internet > Linux web servers 29
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico 		11
Ranked 49th.
Website defacements 341
Ranked 4th. 341 times more than Puerto Rico 		1
Ranked 114th.
Website defacements per million 3.24
Ranked 50th. 12 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.262
Ranked 106th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 28.07
Ranked 102nd. 		112.9
Ranked 68th. 4 times more than Mexico
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 10.95
Ranked 69th. 		14.9
Ranked 51st. 36% more than Mexico
Phone system > International dialling code +52 +1787
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 96.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 950 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.81
Ranked 61st. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.31
Ranked 96th.
Telephone lines 20.67 million
Ranked 14th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico 		1.04 million
Ranked 72nd.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 7.6 million
Ranked 12th. 35 times more than Puerto Rico 		214,163
Ranked 62nd.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 210173000000 2598000000
Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > ISP per million 0.491
Ranked 93th. 		19.94
Ranked 19th. 41 times more than Mexico
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 1.08$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 8th. 		16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th. 15 times more than Mexico
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.008$ per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 		0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th. 29 times more than Mexico
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 649.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th. 		974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 50% more than Mexico
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 1.8 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 50th. 		62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th. 35 times more than Mexico
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 17.41
Ranked 95th. 		20.84
Ranked 78th. 20% more than Mexico
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 16.08$/month
Ranked 43th. 		33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Mexico
Telephone subscribers 66.97 million
Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico 		3.79 million
Ranked 67th.
Telephone subscribers per employee 617.16
Ranked 25th. 30% more than Puerto Rico 		474.61
Ranked 22nd.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.72% GDP
Ranked 98th. 		3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st. 41% more than Mexico
Internet > Linux web servers per million 0.275
Ranked 83th. 		2.88
Ranked 53th. 10 times more than Mexico
Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.521 per 1 million people
Ranked 86th. 		19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 38 times more than Mexico
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 833.51
Ranked 130th. About the same as Puerto Rico 		831.64
Ranked 131st.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 19.43
Ranked 87th. 		26.25
Ranked 63th. 35% more than Mexico
Latin Grammy Awards > Awards 11
Ranked 1st. 83% more than Puerto Rico 		6
Ranked 5th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 17.25
Ranked 82nd. 		61.5
Ranked 63th. 4 times more than Mexico
Internet servers using encryption 1,853
Ranked 27th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico 		244
Ranked 59th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 189.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 65th. 		285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th. 51% more than Mexico
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.897 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th. 		1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th. 48% more than Mexico
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.6
Ranked 18th. 		0.0
Ranked 97th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 19.4%
Ranked 30th. 		23.65%
Ranked 102nd. 22% more than Mexico
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 9.26
Ranked 89th. 		34.16
Ranked 65th. 4 times more than Mexico
Phone subscribers 354
Ranked 69th. 		642.87
Ranked 45th. 82% more than Mexico

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