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Average cost of local call	0.08		[69th of 151]
DVD region	4		[96th of 171]
Fax machines	0.69 per 1,000 people		[75th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	457.04 per 1,000 people		[85th of 193]
Households with television > %	40.38 %		[98th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	4,510,067		[59th of 198]
Number of PCs	231		[89th of 169]
Phone subscribers	161.71		[110th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 130, FM 487, shortwave 15
Radio receivers	835,000		[116th of 188]
Radios	835,000		[117th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic state-owned telecommunications company privatized in the late 1990s opening the way for competition; fixed-line teledensity 11 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity 80 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International country code - 502; landing point for both the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the SAM-1 fiber optic submarine cable system that together provide connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; connected to Central American Microwave System; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephone system > Regulation	1996
Telephones > Main lines in use	1,355,000		[55th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	10,150,000		[46th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	26		[18th of 89]
Television receivers	640,000		[91st of 185]
Televisions	1,323,000		[72nd of 215]
Website defacements	13		[63rd of 129]

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