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DVD region
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5 |
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[59th of 171]
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Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
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43.53 per 1,000 people
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[132nd of 193]
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Households with television > %
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6.29 %
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[141st of 160]
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Mobile phone subscribers
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1,200,000
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[93rd of 198]
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Radio broadcast stations
AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan Persian), Urdu, and English) |
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Radio receivers
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2,750,000 |
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[79th of 188]
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Radios
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167,000 |
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[165th of 221]
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Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
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5.1 % GDP
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[24th of 167]
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Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines
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25 per 100 mainlines
|
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[1st of 134]
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Telephone mainlines
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100,000
|
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[107th of 202]
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Telephone subscribers
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1,300,000
|
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[87th of 199]
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Telephone subscribers per employee
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1,575.76
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[1st of 191]
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Telephone system > Domestic
aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service is improving rapidly |
Telephone system > General assessment
limited landline telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks in major cities |
Telephone system > International
country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity |
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Telephones > Main lines in use
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280,000 |
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[104th of 174]
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Telephones > Mobile cellular
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5,400,000 |
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[4th of 186]
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Television receivers
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270,000 |
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[114th of 185]
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Television standard > VHF
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PAL/SECAM B |
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|
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Televisions
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100,000 |
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[133rd of 215]
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... View all Media stats
SOURCES: Amazon.com; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Tenlab May 2002
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan
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