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Africa > Tanzania > Media

TANZANIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.07 [83rd of 151]
DVD region 5 [42nd of 171]
Fax machines 0.07 per 1,000 people [101st of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 55.55 per 1,000 people Time series [152nd of 193]
Households with television > % 6.1 % Time series [38th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers 1,942,000 Time series [75th of 198]
Number of PCs 278 [85th of 169]
Phone subscribers 16 [158th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2 Time series
Radio receivers 8,800,000 Time series [35th of 188]
Radios 8,800,000 [37th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic
fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
Telephone system > International
country code - 255; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Telephone system > Regulation 1994
Telephones > Main lines in use 169,135 Time series [97th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 9,358,000 Time series [3rd of 186]
Television broadcast stations 3 Time series [12th of 89]
Television receivers 103,000 Time series [130th of 185]
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 103,000 [132nd of 215]

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SOURCES: ; Amazon.com; The Information for Development Program; World Development Indicators database; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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Honest Method
25th February 2005
I think the number of mobile users in Tanzania has dramatically increased in recent years. You should update your data.

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