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Average cost of local call	0.1		[44th of 151]
DVD region	4		[81st of 171]
E-Government rating	16		[184th of 182]
DEFINITION: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	878.69 per 1,000 people		[55th of 193]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002)
Households with television > %	76.01 %		[78th 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: World Development Indicators database
International dialling code 1-767 (North American Numbering Plan)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	25,600,000 min.		[135th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
Mobile phone subscribers	41,838		[178th 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
Number of PCs	13		[158th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	13,000		[146th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	309.81		[80th 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: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 4, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radios	46,000		[189th of 221]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	11.25 % GDP		[7th of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	12 per 100 mainlines		[99th of 134]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	20,963		[162nd of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	62,801		[165th of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	131.74		[80th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	1		[33rd of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Televisions	6,000		[194th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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