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Average cost of local call	0.07		[85th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1,002		[24th of 77]
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Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1,227		[25th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	516		[15th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
DVD region	2		[165th of 171]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines	2.11 per 1,000 people		[54th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	59.2 %		[35th 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: The Information for Development Program
Mobile phone subscribers	33,959,960		[17th 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
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,118,000		[30th of 90]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	16		[42nd of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	3,740		[26th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	364.32		[75th 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: ITU
Radio broadcast stations AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	13,750,000		[26th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	17,000,000		[24th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Regulation	1997
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Television broadcast stations	556		[3rd 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	5,200,000		[29th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Televisions	6,000,000		[29th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	147		[14th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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