NationMaster - Indian Media statistics

Average cost of local call	136		[136th of 151]
Cinema attendance	1		[1st of 78]
DVD region	45		[45th of 171]
E-Government rating	58		[58th of 182]
Films produced	1		[1st of 50]
Newspapers	1		[1st of 67]
Number of PCs	12		[12th of 169]
Personal computers	4	...	[4th of 164]
Phone subscribers	140		[140th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 (1998)
Radios	4		[4th of 221]
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)
Telephone system > Regulation	1997
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
Televisions	4		[4th of 215]
Website defacements	16		[16th 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; 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.; The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations. ; 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.; Number of households with digital television in 2002; Subscription television revenues in 2002 (millions of $US); This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. ; The total number of televisions

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