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Average cost of local call	0.06		[90th of 151]
DVD region	4		[91st of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	554.56 per 1,000 people		[74th of 193]
Households with television > %	77.35 %		[74th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	1,351,924		[88th of 198]
Number of PCs	130		[107th of 169]
Phone subscribers	355.29		[77th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0
Radio receivers	815,000		[118th of 188]
Radios	815,000		[119th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is approaching 90 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International country code - 507; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), the MAYA-1, and PAN-AM submarine cable systems that together provide links to the US and parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to the Central American Microwave System
Telephone system > Regulation	1996
Telephones > Main lines in use	491,900		[78th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	2,392,000		[92nd of 186]
Television broadcast stations	38		[2nd of 89]
Television receivers	510,000		[96th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M
Televisions	510,000		[101st of 215]
Website defacements	15		[57th of 129]

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