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DVD region	3		[107th of 171]
Films produced	64		[16th of 50]
Source: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	1,798.48 per 1,000 people		[2nd of 193]
Source: Internet Movie Database 2003
Households with television > %	99 %		[6th of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	8,693,368		[42nd of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phones	92.98 per 100 people		[3rd of 43]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,481,000		[27th of 90]
Source: International Telecommunication Union
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	48		[28th of 106]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Number of PCs	4,187		[25th of 169]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Radio broadcast stations	AM 5, FM 9, shortwave 0
Source: ITU
Radio receivers	4,450,000		[58th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	4,450,000		[61st of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Domestic microwave radio relay links and extensive fiber-optic network
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > International country code - 852; multiple international submarine cables provide connections to Asia, US, Australia, the Middle East, and Western Europe; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Pacific Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean); coaxial cable to Guangzhou, China
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Main lines in use	3,875,000		[33rd of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Mobile cellular	10,550,000		[43rd of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	55		[3rd of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	1,840,000		[62nd of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	1,840,000		[64th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	52		[28th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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