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DVD region	2		[163rd of 171]
Fax machines	16.12 per 1,000 people		[25th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,273.14 per 1,000 people		[33rd of 193]
Households with television > %	85.91 %		[67th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	4,534,480		[58th of 198]
Number of PCs	450		[68th of 169]
Personal computers	850,000		[55th of 164]
Phone subscribers	955.56		[31st of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 13, FM 8, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	820,000		[117th of 188]
Radios	820,000		[118th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic microwave radio relay, fiber optic and coaxial cable
Telephone system > International country code - 971; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia
Telephones > Main lines in use	1,385,000		[56th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	7,595,000		[56th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	15		[10th of 89]
Television receivers	310,000		[110th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
Televisions	310,000		[113rd of 215]
Website defacements	16		[56th of 129]

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