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Average cost of local call	0.11		[32nd of 151]
DVD region	5		[25th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	171.27 per 1,000 people		[108th of 193]
Households with television > %	28.52 %		[102nd of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	1,730,106		[83rd of 198]
Newspapers	5		[51st of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	5		[78th of 106]
Number of PCs	242		[88th of 169]
Phone subscribers	55.78		[134th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 8, FM 20, shortwave 1
Radio receivers	1,240,000		[100th of 188]
Radios	1,240,000		[100th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic above-average urban system with a fiber-optic network; nearly two-thirds of all fixed-line connections are in Dakar where a call-center industry is emerging; expansion of fixed-line services in rural areas needed; mobile-cellular service is expanding rapidly; microwave radio relay, coaxial cable and fiber-optic cable in trunk system
Telephone system > International country code - 221; the SAT-3/WASC fiber optic cable provides connectivity to Europe and Asia while Atlantis-2 provides connectivity to South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Telephones > Main lines in use	269,100		[88th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	4,123,000		[80th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	4		[13th of 89]
Television receivers	361,000		[105th of 185]
Televisions	361,000		[109th of 215]
Website defacements	2		[106th of 129]

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