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Average cost of local call	0.03		[111st of 151]
DVD region	5		[11th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	17.76 per 1,000 people		[139th 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 > %	14.37 %		[48th 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	42,210,940 min.		[69th 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	40,438		[160th 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	15		[157th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	35,000		[48th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio receivers	345,000		[143rd of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	345,000		[142nd of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.63 % GDP		[61st 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	54.32 per 100 mainlines		[8th 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	37,712		[126th 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	78,150		[135th 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	71.24		[92nd 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
Telephone system > Regulation	1998
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	2		[28th 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	1,000		[184th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	1,000		[208th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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