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Average cost of local call	0.03		[116th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1		[58th of 77]
DVD region	5		[37th of 171]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Fax machines	0.26 per 1,000 people		[88th of 103]
Source: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	26 %		[46th of 160]
Source: The Information for Development Program
Mobile phone subscribers	2,842,444		[69th of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	260,000		[53rd of 90]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	4		[80th of 106]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Number of PCs	112		[116th of 169]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	20.83		[150th of 178]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 0, FM 86, shortwave 3
Radio receivers	4,400,000		[59th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	12,500,000		[31st of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > International country code - 233; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); microwave radio relay link to Panaftel system connects Ghana to its neighbors
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > Regulation	1997
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Mobile cellular	7,604,000		[55th of 186]
Source: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television broadcast stations	7		[7th of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	1,730,000		[64th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	1,900,000		[63rd of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	2		[107th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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