FACTOID # 6: The United States has the most money, airports, radios and Internet Service Providers.
 
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North America > United States > Media

AMERICAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 59 [59th of 151]
Cable TV subscribers 6 [6th of 18]
Cinema attendance 2 [2nd of 78]
Cinemas 1 [1st of 68]
DVD region 172 [172nd of 171]
Films produced 2 [2nd of 50]
Mobile phones 29 per 100 people [29th of 43]
Pay TV subscribers 5% [5th of 18]
Personal computers 1 ... [1st of 164]
Radios 1 [1st of 221]
Telecommunications employment 4% [4th of 18]
Telecommunications revenue 5 % of GDP [5th of 18]
Telephone system > General assessment
a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Telephone system > International
country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000)
Telephone system > Regulation 1934
Television broadcast stations 3 [3rd of 220]
Television reception through satellite 10% [10th of 18]
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 2 [2nd of 215]
Website defacements 2 [2nd of 129]

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SOURCES: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).; Cable TV subscribers per 1000 population .; ; Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB; Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).; Percentage of households subscribing to pay TV service (Data is for 1999).; Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.; Telecommunications employment as a share (%) of national employment (Data is for 2001).; Telecommunications revenue as % of GDP.; A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. ; A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat ; The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.; This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. ; Media - Television reception by satellite.; The total number of televisions

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United States, United States of America, usa, America, The United States, u.s.

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