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Central America and the Caribbean > Bahamas, The > Media

BAHAMIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 13.44 % Time series [97th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 37.49 % Time series [40th of 155]
DVD region 4 [99th of 171]
E-Government rating 40 [107th of 182]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 1,022.53 per 1,000 people Time series [46th of 193]
HAM radio prefixes C6A - C6Z
International dialling code
1-242 (North American Numbering Plan)
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 184,482,000 min. Time series [64th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 586.68 min. per capita Time series [10th of 185]
Mobile phone subscribers 186,007 Time series [141st of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 583.529 per 1 million people Time series [63rd of 201]
Phone subscribers 596.94 [51st of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 95 % Time series [63rd of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 9.43 $/month Time series [109th of 185]
Radio broadcast stations AM 3, FM 5, shortwave 0 Time series
Radio receivers 215,000 Time series [158th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.746 per capita Time series [28th of 182]
Radios 215,000 [157th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 712.416 per 1,000 people [38th of 212]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 12.16 % Time series [144th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 16155400 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 4.11 % GDP Time series [32nd of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 172000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 2.4 $ Time series [108th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 524.59 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [76th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 8,078.714 $ per 1 million people Time series [19th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 1,137 Time series [97th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 3.616 per 1,000 people Time series [8th of 202]
Telephone mainlines 139,936 Time series [119th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 438.998 per 1,000 people Time series [33rd of 203]
Telephone subscribers 325,943 Time series [138th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 1.088 per 1,000 people Time series [45th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 218.23 Time series [84th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
totally automatic system; highly developed; the Bahamas Domestic Submarine Network links 14 of the islands and is designed to satisfy increasing demand for voice and broadband internet services
Telephone system > General assessment modern facilities Time series
Telephone system > International
country code - 1-242; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable that provides links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2
Telephones > Main lines in use 132,900 Time series [101st of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 434.804 per 1,000 people Time series [20th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 374,000 Time series [135th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 1,223.602 per 1,000 people Time series [14th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 2 Time series [29th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 6.113 per million people Time series [18th of 67]
Television receivers 67,000 Time series [141st of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 232.406 per 1,000 people Time series [71st of 179]
Television standard > VHF NTSC M
Televisions 67,000 [145th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 222.009 per 1,000 people [90th of 209]
Website defacements 2 [110th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 6.62712 per 1 million people [27th 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); hamcity.com; ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bahamas, The, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, The Bahamas, bahamas

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