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DVD region
|
5 |
|
[59th of 171]
|
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Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people
|
43.53 per 1,000 people
|
|
[132nd of 193]
|
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Definition: Media > Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people |
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Source: Amazon.com |
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Households with television > %
|
6.29 %
|
|
[141st of 160]
|
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Definition: Media > Households with television > % |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Mobile phone subscribers
|
1,200,000
|
|
[93rd of 198]
|
|
Definition: Media > Mobile phone subscribers |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
Radio broadcast stations AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan Persian), Urdu, and English) |
|
Definition: Media > Radio broadcast stations |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
|
Radio receivers
|
2,750,000 |
|
[79th of 188]
|
|
Definition: Media > Radio receivers |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Radios
|
167,000 |
|
[165th of 221]
|
|
Definition: Media > Radios |
|
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Telecommunications revenue > % GDP
|
5.1 % GDP
|
|
[24th of 167]
|
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Definition: Media > Telecommunications revenue > % GDP |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
|
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines
|
25 per 100 mainlines
|
|
[1st of 134]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
|
Telephone mainlines
|
100,000
|
|
[107th of 202]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephone mainlines |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
|
Telephone subscribers
|
1,300,000
|
|
[87th of 199]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephone subscribers |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
|
Telephone subscribers per employee
|
1,575.76
|
|
[1st of 191]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephone subscribers per employee |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
Telephone system > Domestic aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service is improving rapidly |
|
Definition: Media > Telephone system > Domestic |
|
Source: World Development Indicators database |
Telephone system > General assessment limited landline telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks in major cities |
|
Definition: Media > Telephone system > General assessment |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Telephone system > International country code - 93; five VSAT's installed in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar, and Jalalabad provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity |
|
Definition: Media > Telephone system > International |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Telephones > Main lines in use
|
280,000 |
|
[104th of 174]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephones > Main lines in use |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Telephones > Mobile cellular
|
5,400,000 |
|
[4th of 186]
|
|
Definition: Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Television receivers
|
270,000 |
|
[114th of 185]
|
|
Definition: Media > Television receivers |
|
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
|
Television standard > VHF
|
PAL/SECAM B |
|
|
|
Definition: Media > Television standard > VHF |
|
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
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Televisions
|
100,000 |
|
[133rd of 215]
|
|
Definition: Media > Televisions |
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Source: Tenlab May 2002 |