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DVD region	5		[59th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	43.53 per 1,000 people		[132nd of 193]
Households with television > %	6.29 %		[141st of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	1,200,000		[93rd of 198]
Radio broadcast stations AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan Persian), Urdu, and English)
Radio receivers	2,750,000		[79th of 188]
Radios	167,000		[165th of 221]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.1 % GDP		[24th of 167]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	25 per 100 mainlines		[1st of 134]
Telephone mainlines	100,000		[107th of 202]
Telephone subscribers	1,300,000		[87th of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee	1,575.76		[1st of 191]
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
Telephones > Main lines in use	280,000		[104th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	5,400,000		[4th of 186]
Television receivers	270,000		[114th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	PAL/SECAM B
Televisions	100,000		[133rd of 215]

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