NationMaster - South African Media statistics

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]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1,227	[25th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	516	[15th of 73]
DVD region	2	[165th of 171]
Fax machines	2.11 per 1,000 people	[54th of 103]
Households with television > %	59.2 %	[35th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	33,959,960	[17th of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,118,000	[30th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	16	[42nd of 106]
Number of PCs	3,740	[26th of 169]
Phone subscribers	364.32	[75th of 178]
Radio receivers	13,750,000	[26th of 188]
Radios	17,000,000	[24th of 221]
Telephone system > International country code - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber optic cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones > Mobile cellular	42,300,000	[17th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	556	[3rd of 89]
Television receivers	5,200,000	[29th of 185]
Televisions	6,000,000	[29th of 215]
Website defacements	147	[14th of 129]

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SOURCES: ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Amazon.com; The Information for Development Program; World Development Indicators database; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA

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