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Average cost of local call	0.08		[73rd of 151]
Cinema attendance	1,200,000		[63rd of 78]
DVD region	4		[104th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	260.28 per 1,000 people		[99th of 193]
Households with television > %	59.1 %		[89th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	1,119,379		[95th of 198]
Number of PCs	200		[95th of 169]
Phone subscribers	49.04		[137th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 63, FM 32, shortwave 1
Radio receivers	1,240,000		[99th of 188]
Radios	1,240,000		[101st of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved but teledensity still lags behind other Central American countries; connected to Central American Microwave System
Telephone system > International country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) and 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephone system > Regulation	1995
Telephones > Main lines in use	247,900		[99th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	2,123,000		[98th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	3		[49th of 89]
Television receivers	320,000		[108th of 185]
Televisions	320,000		[112nd of 215]
Website defacements	7		[79th of 129]

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