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Average cost of local call	0.4		[3rd of 151]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	11.78 %		[118th of 153]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	28.75 %		[71st of 155]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2002/2003
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	December 2002
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
Fax machines	29.52 per 1,000 people		[10th of 103]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,223.98 per 1,000 people		[30th 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 > %	112.04 %		[1st 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	298
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	38,640		[174th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
Personal computers	3,000		[88th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers	931.62		[32nd 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 1, FM 13, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radios	26,000		[200th of 221]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	11084200
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	370000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone employees, total	257		[135th of 194]
DEFINITION: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	20,111		[171st 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	3		[30th 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	15,000		[180th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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