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Average cost of local call	0.6		[1st of 151]
DVD region	4		[84th of 171]
Fax machines	2.53 per 1,000 people		[49th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	600.81 per 1,000 people		[70th 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: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	88.8 %		[59th 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
Mobile phone subscribers	6,246,332		[48th 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	1,220,000		[19th 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	36		[19th of 67]
DEFINITION: Daily newspapers
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,220,000		[29th of 90]
SOURCE: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	36		[31st of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	724		[57th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	170.41		[107th 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 392, FM 35, shortwave 29
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	4,150,000		[61st of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	5,000,000		[57th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1995
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	7		[12th 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	1,550,000		[68th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	2,500,000		[59th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	12		[64th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

Interesting facts on Ecuadorian Media

• A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.

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