FACTOID # 5: Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.
 
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Central America and the Caribbean > Jamaica > Media

JAMAICAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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DVD region 4 [98th of 171]
Fax machines 0.65 per 1,000 people [76th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,145.98 per 1,000 people Time series [37th of 193]
Households with television > % 70.04 % Time series [79th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers 2,700,000 Time series [71st of 198]
Number of PCs 166 [99th of 169]
Personal computers 166,000 Time series [95th of 164]
Phone subscribers 466.75 [63rd of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 Time series
Radio receivers 1,215,000 Time series [102nd of 188]
Radios 1,215,000 [103rd of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic
the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity now exceeds 100 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International
country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephone system > Regulation 1995
Telephones > Main lines in use 342,000 Time series [91st of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 2,495,000 Time series [83rd of 186]
Television broadcast stations 7 Time series [34th of 89]
Television receivers 460,000 Time series [100th of 185]
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 460,000 [105th of 215]

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SOURCES: Amazon.com; The Information for Development Program; World Development Indicators database; ITU; ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Jamaica

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