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Average cost of local call
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136 |
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[136th of 151]
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Cinema attendance
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1 |
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[1st of 78]
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DVD region
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45 |
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[45th of 171]
|
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E-Government rating
|
58 |
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[58th of 182]
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Films produced
|
1 |
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[1st of 50]
|
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Newspapers
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1 |
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[1st of 67]
|
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Number of PCs
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12 |
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[12th of 169]
|
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Personal computers
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4
|
...
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[4th of 164]
|
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Phone subscribers
|
140 |
|
[140th of 178]
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Radio broadcast stations AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998) |
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Radios
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4 |
|
[4th of 221]
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Telephone system > General assessment recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies have prompted rapid growth; local and long distance service provided throughout all regions of the country, with services primarily concentrated in the urban areas; steady improvement is taking place with the recent admission of private and private-public investors, but telephone density remains low at about 10 for each 100 persons nationwide and only 1 per 100 persons in rural areas; there remains a national waiting list of over 1.7 million; fastest growth is in cellular service with modest growth in fixed lines |
Telephone system > International country code - 91; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam; 6 submarine cables, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with landing site at Cochin, i2icn linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic (2006) |
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Telephone system > Regulation
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1997 |
|
|
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Television > Digital TV households
|
4 |
|
[4th of 13]
|
|
Television > Subscription TV revenues
|
2 |
|
[2nd of 13]
|
|
Television broadcast stations
|
7
|
|
[7th of 220]
|
|
Television standard > VHF
|
PAL B |
|
|
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Televisions
|
4 |
|
[4th of 215]
|
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Website defacements
|
16 |
|
[16th of 129]
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