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DVD region	4		[79th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	508.1 per 1,000 people		[79th 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: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	75.8 %		[14th 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 voice traffic > out and in, minutes	1,942,000,000 min.		[19th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	3,623,289		[64th 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
Newspaper circulation	230,000		[28th of 51]
DEFINITION: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers	9		[39th of 67]
DEFINITION: Daily newspapers
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	230,000		[44th of 90]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	9		[49th of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Phone subscribers	256.66		[87th 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: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Radio broadcast stations AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	1,440,000		[95th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	1,440,000		[95th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	0.46 % GDP		[81st 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	133.2 per 100 mainlines		[17th 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	896,252		[68th 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
Television broadcast stations	25		[1st 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
Television receivers	770,000		[86th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	770,000		[89th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002

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