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Central America and the Caribbean > Aruba > Media

ARUBAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 10.44 % Time series [109th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 29.53 % Time series [61st of 155]
DVD region 4 [83rd of 171]
HAM radio prefixes P4A - P4Z
International dialling code 297
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 52,097,530 min. Time series [115th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 526.238 min. per capita Time series [15th of 185]
Mobile phone subscribers 98,389 Time series [158th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 993.828 per 1 million people Time series [10th of 201]
Phone subscribers 850.3 [36th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 90 % Time series [43rd of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 12.42 $/month Time series [72nd of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 16.02 $/month Time series [44th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 2, FM 16, shortwave 0 Time series
Radios 50,000 [187th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 698.656 per 1,000 people [41st of 212]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 49.65 % Time series [39th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 42500000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 5.17 % GDP Time series [26th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 175800000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 2.9 $ Time series [97th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 1,683.204 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [46th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 29,292.929 $ per 1 million people Time series [12th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 417 Time series [149th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 4.212 per 1,000 people Time series [12th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 5 per 100 mainlines Time series [119th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 37,132 Time series [156th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 375.071 per 1,000 people Time series [48th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 90,132 Time series [152nd of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1,272.26 per 1,000 people Time series [16th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 216.14 Time series [77th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
increased competition through privatization; 3 wireless service providers are now licensed
Telephone system > General assessment
modern fully automatic telecommunications system
Telephone system > International
country code - 297; landing site for the PAN-AM submarine telecommunications cable system that extends from the US Virgin Islands through Aruba to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and the west coast of South America; extensive interisland microwave radio relay links
Telephones > Main lines in use 38,700 Time series [128th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 382.411 per 1,000 people Time series [34th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 105,700 Time series [141st of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 1,044.466 per 1,000 people Time series [29th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 1 Time series [72nd of 89]
Televisions 20,000 [176th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 279.462 per 1,000 people [66th of 209]
Website defacements 1 [119th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 13.9731 per 1 million people [13th of 124]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; hamcity.com; ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Aruba, Arubian Republic

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