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Average cost of local call	0.04		[102nd of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	347		[23rd of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1,110		[15th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	533		[10th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	5		[5th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines	0.55 per 1,000 people		[77th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	31.64 %		[99th of 160]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
Mobile phone subscribers	3,361,775		[66th 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
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	536,000		[39th of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	12		[47th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	530		[64th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	79.91		[127th 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: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	3,850,000		[65th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	3,850,000		[66th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1991
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television broadcast stations	14		[18th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television receivers	1,530,000		[69th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	1,530,000		[70th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	5		[83rd of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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