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Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people	6.35 per 1,000 people		[74th of 89]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	102.36 per 1,000 people		[132nd of 193]
Households with television > %	6.02 %		[131st of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	490,000		[123rd of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	21,000		[79th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	6		[64th of 106]
Personal computers	17,000		[140th of 164]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 3
Radio receivers	341,000		[144th of 188]
Radios	341,000		[143rd of 221]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.85 % GDP		[95th of 167]
Telephone mainlines	13,820		[167th of 202]
Telephone system > Domestic primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable
Telephone system > General assessment services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order; fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged reaching 35 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones > Main lines in use	15,900		[162nd of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	1,334,000		[108th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	1		[14th of 89]
Television receivers	33,000		[159th of 185]
Televisions	33,000		[162nd of 215]

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