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Africa > Lesotho > Media

BASOTHO MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.02 [123rd of 151]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people 8.99 per 1,000 people Time series [71st of 89]
DVD region 5 [9th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 163.26 per 1,000 people Time series [109th of 193]
Households with television > % 11.5 % Time series [121st of 160]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 46,110,500 min. Time series [121st of 164]
Mobile phone subscribers 245,052 Time series [136th of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 16,000 Time series [80th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 2 Time series [98th of 106]
Phone subscribers 20.34 [152nd of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 Time series
Radio receivers 104,000 Time series [173rd of 188]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.99 % GDP Time series [115th of 167]
Telephone system > Domestic
privatized in 2001, Telecom Lesotho tasked with providing an additional 50,000 fixed-line connections within five years, a target not met; mobile-cellular service is expanding with a subscribership approaching 25 per 100 persons; rural services are scant
Telephone system > International
country code - 266; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones > Main lines in use 53,100 Time series [125th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 456,000 Time series [132nd of 186]
Television broadcast stations 1 Time series [9th of 89]
Television receivers 54,000 Time series [148th of 185]
Website defacements 2 [100th of 129]

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SOURCES: ; World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho

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