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Average cost of local call	0.02		[137th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	5		[70th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	3		[71st of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	14		[65th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	1		[73rd of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	5		[54th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	41.29 per 1,000 people		[133rd of 193]
DEFINITION: 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.		View time series
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	3 %		[137th of 160]
DEFINITION: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	429,305		[125th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	26,000		[77th of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	5		[73rd of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	20		[150th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Personal computers	25,100		[53rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	10.58		[166th of 178]
DEFINITION: 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.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations AM 9, FM 5 (plus 15 repeater stations), shortwave 2 (plus one shortwave station on standby)
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	2,600,000		[81st of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	2,600,000		[83rd of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1998
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television broadcast stations	1		[35th of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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