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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		[152nd of 193]
Households with television > %	6.1 %		[38th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	1,942,000		[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
Radio receivers	8,800,000		[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		[97th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	9,358,000		[3rd of 186]
Television broadcast stations	3		[12th of 89]
Television receivers	103,000		[130th of 185]
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
Televisions	103,000		[132nd of 215]

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