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Average cost of local call	0.04		[109th of 151]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people	0.09 per 1,000 people		[89th of 89]
DVD region	5		[65th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	18.2 per 1,000 people		[169th of 193]
Households with television > %	2.48 %		[138th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	290,000		[131st of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,000		[90th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	1		[106th of 106]
Phone subscribers	10.88		[165th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 8 (two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters, three international FM programs include the BBC, VOA, and Deutchewelle), shortwave 1
Radio receivers	601,000		[128th of 188]
Radios	601,000		[128th of 221]
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.65 % GDP		[103rd of 167]
Telephone system > Domestic the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the provinces by microwave radio relay and, recently, by cellular telephone service; much of the network depends on wire and HF radiotelephone; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone density is only about 7 telephones per 100 persons
Telephone system > International country code - 250; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service)
Telephones > Main lines in use	23,100		[118th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	635,100		[128th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	2		[26th of 89]
Television receivers	1,000		[183rd of 185]
Television standard > VHF	SECAM K1

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