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Average cost of local call	0.04		[101st of 151]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	207.82 per 1,000 people		[105th of 193]
DEFINITION: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.		View time series
Households with television > %	18.29 %		[112nd 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 voice traffic > out and in, minutes	52,509,040 min.		[90th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	200,000		[141st of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs	36		[135th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	36,000		[125th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	96.08		[122nd of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations AM 3, FM 2 (plus 4 repeaters), shortwave 3
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
Radio receivers	155,000		[166th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	170,000		[164th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.03 % GDP		[118th 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: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	70 per 100 mainlines		[9th of 134]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	35,042		[128th 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	235,042		[124th 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	278.55		[70th 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	12		[12th 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
Television receivers	21,000		[166th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	23,000		[174th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002

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