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Central America and the Caribbean > Barbados > Media

BARBADIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 16.17 % Time series [86th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 19.16 % Time series [98th of 155]
DVD region 4 [73rd of 171]
E-Government rating 38 [119th of 182]
Fax machines 6.1 per 1,000 people [39th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,265.3 per 1,000 people Time series [34th of 193]
HAM radio prefixes 8PA - 8PZ
Households with television > % 92.78 % Time series [40th of 160]
International dialling code
1-246 (North American Numbering Plan)
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 163,800,000 min. Time series [66th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 610.729 min. per capita Time series [8th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 63,400,000 $ Time series [62nd of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 22.67 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [16th of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 235.792 $ per capita Time series [4th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 206,190 Time series [140th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 764.925 per 1 million people Time series [45th of 201]
Number of PCs 34 [139th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.074 per $10 million of GDP [94th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 1.219 per 10,000 people [63rd of 169]
Personal computers 40,000 Time series [47th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 148.392 per 1 million people Time series [16th of 171]
Phone subscribers 672.42 [47th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 99.9 % Time series [6th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 11.27 $/month Time series [90th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 17.82 $/month Time series [34th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 2, FM 6, shortwave 0 Time series
Radio receivers 237,000 Time series [154th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.898 per capita Time series [20th of 182]
Radios 237,000 [153rd of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 849.858 per 1,000 people [28th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.90 [35th of 85]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 16.36 % Time series [39th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 60330000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 5.14 % GDP Time series [23rd of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 319585500 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.95 $ Time series [45th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 697.251 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [22nd of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 7,252.279 $ per 1 million people Time series [7th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 919 Time series [84th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 3.418 per 1,000 people Time series [6th of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 9.62 per 100 mainlines Time series [114th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 134,878 Time series [102nd of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 500.371 per 1,000 people Time series [16th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 341,068 Time series [118th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1.221 per 1,000 people Time series [36th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 365.47 Time series [57th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
island-wide automatic telephone system
Telephone system > General assessment
fixed-line teledensity of roughly 50 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone density of about 85 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International
country code - 1-246; landing point for the East Caribbean Fiber System (ECFS) submarine cable with links to 13 other islands in the eastern Caribbean extending from the British Virgin Islands to Trinidad; satellite earth stations - 1 (Intelsat -Atlantic Ocean); tropospheric scatter to Trinidad and Saint Lucia
Telephone systems > Privatisation always
Telephones > Main lines in use 134,900 Time series [118th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 500.453 per 1,000 people Time series [22nd of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 237,100 Time series [132nd of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 878.008 per 1,000 people Time series [46th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 1 Time series [28th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 3.719 per million people Time series [23rd of 67]
Television receivers 76,000 Time series [137th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 288.124 per 1,000 people Time series [52nd of 179]
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 76,000 [139th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 272.528 per 1,000 people [68th of 209]
Website defacements 2 [101st of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 7.1718 per 1 million people [24th of 124]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; Amazon.com; report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); The Information for Development Program; hamcity.com; ; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

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