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Average cost of local call	0.03		[113rd of 151]
DVD region	5		[18th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	206.06 per 1,000 people		[119th of 193]
Households with television > %	39.22 %		[95th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers	495,000		[122nd of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	31,000		[75th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	4		[82nd of 106]
Number of PCs	220		[91st of 169]
Phone subscribers	121.59		[118th of 178]
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4
Radio receivers	232,000		[155th of 188]
Radios	232,000		[154th of 221]
Telephone system > Domestic core fiber-optic network links most centers and connections are now digital; Namibia's first mobile-cellular network, launched in 1994, provides coverage to 86 percent of Namibia by area
Telephone system > International country code - 264; fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to the South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cable through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
Telephone system > Regulation	1992
Telephones > Main lines in use	138,100		[99th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	800,300		[124th of 186]
Television broadcast stations	2		[16th of 89]
Television receivers	60,000		[146th of 185]
Televisions	60,000		[151st of 215]

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