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Average cost of local call	0.01		[144th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	440		[29th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	132		[30th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	710		[29th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	850		[9th of 73]
DVD region	2		[126th of 171]
Fax machines	5.27 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 103]
Households with television > %	98.68 %		[9th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	13,300,000		[30th of 198]
Number of PCs	8,476		[17th of 169]
Phone subscribers	258.12		[86th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	6,250,000		[49th of 188]
Radios	6,250,000		[50th of 221]
Telephone system > International country code - 966; landing point for the international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks providing connectivity to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and US; microwave radio relay to Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to Kuwait and Jordan; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)
Telephones > Mobile cellular	28,381,000		[26th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	117		[6th of 89]
Television receivers	5,100,000		[30th of 185]
Televisions	5,100,000		[31st of 215]
Website defacements	8		[71st of 129]

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