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Average cost of local call	0.03		[111st of 151]
DVD region	5		[11th of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	17.76 per 1,000 people		[139th of 193]
Source: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	14.37 %		[48th of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	42,210,940 min.		[69th of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	40,438		[160th of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs	15		[157th of 169]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Personal computers	35,000		[48th of 164]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 2, FM NA, shortwave 2
Source: World Development Indicators database
Radio receivers	345,000		[143rd of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	345,000		[142nd of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.63 % GDP		[61st of 167]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > Domestic inadequate; most telephones are in Asmara; government is seeking international tenders to improve the system
Source: World Development Indicators database
Telephone system > International country code - 291; note - international connections exist
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephone system > Regulation	1998
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Main lines in use	37,500		[130th of 174]
Source: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Telephones > Mobile cellular	70,000		[154th of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	2		[28th of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	1,000		[184th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	1,000		[208th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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