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Arctic Region > Iceland > Media

ICELANDIC MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 62 [62nd of 151]
Cinema attendance 57 [57th of 78]
Cinemas 51 [51st of 68]
DVD region 147 [147th of 171]
E-Government rating 26 [26th of 182]
Films produced 50 [50th of 50]
Mobile phones 5 per 100 people [5th of 43]
Newspapers 56 [56th of 67]
Number of PCs 103 [103rd of 169]
Personal computers 41 ... [41st of 164]
Phone subscribers 4 [4th of 178]
Radios 149 [149th of 221]
Telephone system > General assessment
extensive domestic service
Telephone system > International
country code - 354; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic and Indian Ocean regions); note - Iceland shares the Inmarsat earth station with the other Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden)
Telephone system > Regulation 1997
Television broadcast stations 78 [78th of 220]
Television standard > UHF PAL G
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 135 [135th of 215]
Website defacements 70 [70th of 129]

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SOURCES: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).; ; Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University; Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB; Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).; Daily newspapers; The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.; Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.; 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.; A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. ; A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat ; The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.; This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. ; The total number of televisions

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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