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Average cost of local call
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0.03 |
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[119th of 151]
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Cinema attendance
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1,700,000 |
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[56th of 78]
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Cinemas
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39 |
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[52nd of 68]
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DVD region
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4 |
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[100th of 171]
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Newspapers
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8 |
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[41st of 67]
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Number of PCs
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930 |
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[54th of 169]
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Radios
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980,000 |
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[111st of 221]
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Telephone subscribers
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2,489,538
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[74th of 199]
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Telephone subscribers per employee
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388.06
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[55th of 191]
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Telephone system > Domestic
point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available |
Telephone system > General assessment
the parastatal monopoly provides good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service |
Telephone system > International
country code - 506; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); 2 submarine cables (2006) |
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Telephone system > Regulation
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1996 |
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Telephones > Main lines in use
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1,388,000
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[63rd of 225]
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Telephones > Mobile cellular
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1,101,000
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[103rd of 220]
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Television broadcast stations
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20
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[69th of 220]
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Television standard > UHF
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NTSC M |
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Television standard > VHF
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NTSC M |
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Televisions
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525,000 |
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[99th of 215]
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Website defacements
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18 |
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[54th of 129]
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SOURCES: ; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Amazon.com; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica
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