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Media Stats: compare key data on Puerto Rico & United States

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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.
  • 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.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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 > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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."
  • 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 > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Puerto Rico United States HISTORY
Broadcast media more than 30 television stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations operating 4
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 26% more than Puerto Rico

Households with television 97.03%
Ranked 16th.
97.84%
Ranked 14th. 1% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 151.07
Ranked 51st.
281.99
Ranked 22nd. 87% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 51.41
Ranked 79th.
81.03
Ranked 26th. 58% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 516.45
Ranked 82nd.
803.03
Ranked 28th. 55% more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Users per 1000 264.34
Ranked 65th.
697.1
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet users 1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
245 million
Ranked 2nd. 245 times more than Puerto Rico
Radio > List of radio stations <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> <p>NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes</p> </p>Clear Channel - America&#039;s largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations</p> </p>CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 81.75
Ranked 136th.
98.17
Ranked 111th. 20% more than Puerto Rico

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 1% more than United States
846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th.

Television > List of TV stations <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> <p>ABC - major commercial network</p> </p>CBS - major commercial network</p> </p>NBC - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.
803.21 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Televisions per 1000 266.85
Ranked 63th.
754.89
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Users > Per capita 253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.
695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 212.77
Ranked 76th.
442.8
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Televisions 1.02 million
Ranked 80th.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 214 times more than Puerto Rico
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th.
541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet users > Per 100 people 25.29
Ranked 83th.
75.77
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet users 1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
254.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 134 times more than Puerto Rico
Television broadcast stations 32
Ranked 14th.
2,218
Ranked 1st. 69 times more than Puerto Rico

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th.
82.06 billion min.
Ranked 1st. 50 times more than Puerto Rico

Radios per 1000 705.68
Ranked 34th.
1,982.02
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 726.12
Ranked 107th.
932.29
Ranked 78th. 28% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Percent using internet 51.41%
Ranked 78th.
81.03%
Ranked 24th. 58% more than Puerto Rico

Telephones > Mobile cellular 3.11 million
Ranked 121st.
290.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 93 times more than Puerto Rico

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th.
2.11 per capita
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 232.62
Ranked 70th.
459.63
Ranked 20th. 98% more than Puerto Rico

Telephone mainlines per 1000 290.55
Ranked 51st.
607.73
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>El Nuevo Dia - daily</p> </p>Primera Hora - daily</p> </p>El Vocero de Puerto Rico - daily</p> <p>USA Today - national daily</p> </p>Wall Street Journal - business daily</p> </p>Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Television receivers per 1000 271.58
Ranked 53th.
803.21
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 10
Ranked 63th.
819
Ranked 3rd. 82 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > IP addresses per capita 250.24
Ranked 91st.
4,911.96
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Users 1,000,000
Ranked 76th.
208 million
Ranked 2nd. 208 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet penetration 51.4%
Ranked 83th.
81%
Ranked 29th. 58% more than Puerto Rico
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 700.83
Ranked 44th. 3% more than United States
682.36
Ranked 50th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 834.48
Ranked 133th.
987.53
Ranked 110th. 18% more than Puerto Rico

Telecoms > Telephone lines 780,229
Ranked 86th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 178 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.06 million
Ranked 129th.
310 million
Ranked 3rd. 101 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet Service Providers 76
Ranked 13th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 92 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 558,054
Ranked 65th.
88.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 159 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephones > Main lines in use 826,100
Ranked 87th.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 177 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 19.12
Ranked 87th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Radio receivers per 1000 718.19
Ranked 32nd.
2,108.88
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 1% more than United States
680.31 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.

Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.107
Ranked 154th.
1,039.15
Ranked 2nd. 9674 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 3.05 million
Ranked 129th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 99 times more than Puerto Rico

Radio receivers 2.7 million
Ranked 80th.
575 million
Ranked 1st. 213 times more than Puerto Rico

Television receivers 1.02 million
Ranked 78th.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 214 times more than Puerto Rico

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 10% more than United States
7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th.

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards 3
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States
1
Ranked 7th.

Mobile phone subscribers 2.68 million
Ranked 66th.
201.65 million
Ranked 2nd. 75 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone system > International country code - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Internet > ISP 76
Ranked 4th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 92 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 5.95
Ranked 42nd.
167.13
Ranked 15th. 28 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 780,229
Ranked 85th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 178 times more than Puerto Rico

Radios 2.7 million
Ranked 81st.
575 million
Ranked 1st. 213 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Hosts 404
Ranked 162nd.
316 million
Ranked 1st. 782178 times more than Puerto Rico

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 5
Ranked 91st.
1,486
Ranked 2nd. 297 times more than Puerto Rico

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 475,000
Ranked 61st.
57.35 million
Ranked 4th. 121 times more than Puerto Rico

Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 10%
Ranked 45th.
11.6%
Ranked 44th. 16% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Top level domain .pr .us
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 2.71
Ranked 36th. 3% more than United States
2.63
Ranked 38th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 127.53
Ranked 51st.
195.85
Ranked 19th. 54% more than Puerto Rico

Telephone system > Domestic digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Internet country code .pr .us
Telephone mainlines 1.11 million
Ranked 66th.
177.95 million
Ranked 2nd. 160 times more than Puerto Rico

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 60% more than United States
280.26 min.
Ranked 9th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.
166.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 15th. 28 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 61% more than United States
279.45 min. per capita
Ranked 9th.

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 90%
Ranked 15th. 2% more than United States
88.4%
Ranked 16th.

Mobile cellular subscriptions 3.35 million
Ranked 68th.
270.5 million
Ranked 4th. 81 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Broadband subscribers 22,732
Ranked 40th.
49.39 million
Ranked 1st. 2173 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 19.86
Ranked 26th.
24.13
Ranked 23th. 21% more than Puerto Rico
Internet > IP addresses 1 million
Ranked 78th.
1.54 billion
Ranked 1st. 1541 times more than Puerto Rico
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 354702000 26836000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 5.42
Ranked 66th.
24.02
Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 212.77
Ranked 81st.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Television broadcast stations per million 8.41
Ranked 13th. 13% more than United States
7.43
Ranked 15th.

Internet > TLD .pr .us
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 85.76
Ranked 34th.
88.87
Ranked 80th. 4% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Livejournal users 370
Ranked 55th.
1.29 million
Ranked 1st. 3494 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Secure Internet servers 130
Ranked 57th.
259,881
Ranked 1st. 1999 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone subscribers per 1000 991.38
Ranked 47th.
1,230.67
Ranked 35th. 24% more than Puerto Rico

Population covered by mobile telephony 100%
Ranked 1st. 1% more than United States
99%
Ranked 28th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th.
869.2 per 1 million people
Ranked 7th. 26 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 1.04 million
Ranked 78th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 110 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Livejournal users per million 96.68
Ranked 70th.
4,415.29
Ranked 3rd. 46 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Linux web servers 11
Ranked 49th.
11,108
Ranked 1st. 1010 times more than Puerto Rico
Website defacements 1
Ranked 114th.
429
Ranked 2nd. 429 times more than Puerto Rico
Website defacements per million 0.262
Ranked 106th.
1.51
Ranked 69th. 6 times more than Puerto Rico
Phone system > International dialling code +1787 +1
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.31
Ranked 96th.
5.08
Ranked 42nd. 4 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 831.64
Ranked 131st.
965.4
Ranked 113th. 16% more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.
1,040.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 10197 times more than Puerto Rico

Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 26% more than Puerto Rico

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th. 5 times more than United States
13.24 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 26th.

Telephone subscribers 3.79 million
Ranked 67th.
360.35 million
Ranked 2nd. 95 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone subscribers per employee 474.61
Ranked 22nd. 37% more than United States
345.72
Ranked 61st.

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st. 43% more than United States
2.67% GDP
Ranked 96th.

Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > Linux web servers per million 2.88
Ranked 53th.
38.98
Ranked 5th. 14 times more than Puerto Rico
Internet > ISP > Per capita 19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th.
24.27 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 22% more than Puerto Rico
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 112.9
Ranked 68th.
1,474.08
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 14.9
Ranked 51st.
28.03
Ranked 22nd. 88% more than Puerto Rico

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 26.25
Ranked 63th.
50.81
Ranked 17th. 94% more than Puerto Rico

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 20.84
Ranked 78th.
44.02
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Latin Grammy Awards > Awards 6
Ranked 5th. Twice as much as United States
3
Ranked 6th.

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 2598000000 291122000000
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 34% more than United States
25.02$/month
Ranked 26th.

Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 61.5
Ranked 63th.
1,234.13
Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico

Internet servers using encryption 244
Ranked 59th.
378,887
Ranked 1st. 1553 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th.
605.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.
3.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 23.65%
Ranked 102nd. 3 times more than United States
9.22%
Ranked 87th.

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 97th.
35.9
Ranked 1st.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 34.16
Ranked 65th.
870.97
Ranked 7th. 25 times more than Puerto Rico

Telephone lines 1.04 million
Ranked 72nd.
154.65 million
Ranked 3rd. 149 times more than Puerto Rico

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 214,163
Ranked 62nd.
73.12 million
Ranked 2nd. 341 times more than Puerto Rico

Phone subscribers 642.87
Ranked 45th.
1,117.9
Ranked 22nd. 74% more than Puerto Rico
Internet > ISP per million 19.94
Ranked 19th.
24.34
Ranked 3rd. 22% more than Puerto Rico

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