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Asia > Bhutan > Media

BHUTANESE MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.02 [138th of 151]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 110.82 per 1,000 people Time series [116th of 193]
Households with television > % 57.72 % Time series [39th of 160]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 25,485,840 min. Time series [71st of 164]
Mobile phone subscribers 37,842 Time series [161st of 198]
Number of PCs 11 [160th of 169]
Personal computers 13,000 Time series [57th of 164]
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 9, shortwave 1 Time series
Radio receivers 37,000 Time series [186th of 188]
Radios 37,000 [192nd of 221]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.96 % GDP Time series [69th of 167]
Telephone system > Domestic
very low teledensity; domestic service is very poor especially in rural areas; wireless service available since 2003
Telephone system > General assessment
urban towns and district headquarters have telecommunications services
Telephone system > International
country code - 975; international telephone and telegraph service via landline and microwave relay through India; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Telephone system > Regulation 1998
Telephones > Main lines in use 29,900 Time series [116th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 149,400 Time series [147th of 186]
Television broadcast stations 1 Time series [17th of 89]
Television receivers 11,000 Time series [172nd of 185]
Televisions 11,000 [184th of 215]

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SOURCES: ; World Development Indicators database; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan

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