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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]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	256.33 per 1,000 people		[100th 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: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	20.53 %		[110th 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
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	57,000,000 min.		[89th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	745,615		[107th 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
Number of PCs	42		[129th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	42,000		[120th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	9.85		[169th 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 1, FM 14, shortwave 1
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	360,000		[141st of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	410,000		[139th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	19.48 % GDP		[2nd of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone mainlines	41,000		[124th of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone system > Regulation	1999
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	1		[21st 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 receivers	62,000		[145th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	SECAM B
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	98,000		[134th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002

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