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Africa > Namibia > Media

NAMIBIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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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 Time series [119th of 193]
Households with television > % 39.22 % Time series [95th of 160]
Mobile phone subscribers 495,000 Time series [122nd of 198]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 31,000 Time series [75th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 4 Time series [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 Time series
Radio receivers 232,000 Time series [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 Time series [99th of 174]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 800,300 Time series [124th of 186]
Television broadcast stations 2 Time series [16th of 89]
Television receivers 60,000 Time series [146th of 185]
Televisions 60,000 [151st of 215]

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Namibia, Republic of Namibia

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