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Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	29.53 %		[61st of 155]
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DVD region	4		[83rd of 171]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
HAM radio prefixes	P4A - P4Z
SOURCE: Amazon.com
International dialling code	297
SOURCE: hamcity.com
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	52,097,530 min.		[115th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
Mobile phone subscribers	98,389		[158th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers	850.3		[36th of 178]
DEFINITION: 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.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	12.42 $/month		[72nd of 185]
DEFINITION: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.		View time series
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radios	50,000		[187th of 221]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	42500000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.17 % GDP		[26th of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	2.9 $		[97th of 142]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	5 per 100 mainlines		[119th of 134]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	37,132		[156th of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	90,132		[152nd of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	216.14		[77th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	1		[72nd of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Televisions	20,000		[176th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Website defacements	1		[119th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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