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Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,241.9 per 1,000 people		[34th of 193]
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Households with television > %	73.71 %		[69th of 160]
DEFINITION: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
International dialling code 1-340 (North American Numbering Plan)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	64,200		[168th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
Radio broadcast stations	AM 6, FM 16, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radios	107,000		[172nd of 221]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	17.46 %		[127th of 165]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	11300000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.86 % GDP		[42nd of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	129000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.87 $		[140th of 142]
DEFINITION: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone employees, total	432		[156th of 194]
DEFINITION: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	70,888		[137th of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	135,088		[153rd of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	207.99		[47th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	5		[22nd of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Televisions	68,000		[143rd of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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