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Average cost of local call	0.08		[68th of 151]
DVD region	5		[35th of 171]
Fax machines	0.92 per 1,000 people		[70th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	256.33 per 1,000 people		[100th of 193]
Households with television > %	20.53 %		[110th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	745,615		[107th of 198]
Number of PCs	42		[129th of 169]
Phone subscribers	9.85		[169th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1
Radio receivers	360,000		[141st of 188]
Radios	410,000		[139th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic Mauritel, the national telecommunications company, was privatized in 2001 but remains the monopoly provider of fixed-line services; fixed-line teledensity 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular network coverage extends mainly to urban areas with a teledensity approaching 40 per 100 persons; mostly cable and open-wire lines; a domestic satellite telecommunications system links Nouakchott with regional capitals
Telephone system > International country code - 222; satellite earth stations - 3 (1 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean, 2 Arabsat)
Telephone system > Regulation	1999
Telephones > Main lines in use	34,900		[134th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	1,300,000		[109th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	1		[21st of 89]
Television receivers	62,000		[145th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	SECAM B
Televisions	98,000		[134th of 215]

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