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Middle East > Iran > Media

IRANIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title I'm Taraneh, 15
76th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Deep Breath
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 2,426 Time series [9th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 38.67 per million people Time series [25th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 733 Time series [10th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 612 Time series [5th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 9.755 per million people Time series [28th of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 906 Time series [11th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 14.441 per million people Time series [25th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 247 Time series [28th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 3.937 per million people Time series [37th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 1,486 Time series [2nd of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 23.687 per million people Time series [12th of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 706 Time series [4th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 11.254 per million people Time series [21st of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 1,844 Time series [2nd of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 29.393 per million people Time series [17th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 4,504 Time series [1st of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 71.793 per million people Time series [4th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 1,319 Time series [13th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 21.025 per million people Time series [35th of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 14,783 Time series [7th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 235.638 per million people Time series [26th of 79]
Cinema attendance 26,000,000 [20th of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 382.252 per 1,000 people [53rd of 78]
Cinemas 287 Time series [26th of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 4.868 per million people Time series [49th of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 26,000,000 Time series [17th of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 0.441 per capita Time series [44th of 64]
Cinemas > Seats 173,000 Time series [9th of 44]
    Cinemas > Seats (per capita) 2.934 per 1,000 people Time series [34th of 43]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 2.95 % Time series [147th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 1.08 % Time series [150th of 155]
DVD region 2 [144th of 171]
E-Government rating 44 [70th of 182]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 384 per 1,000 people Time series [89th of 193]
HAM radio prefixes EPA - EQZ
Households with television > % 76.58 % Time series [75th of 160]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ 5,311,600,000 $ Time series [49th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP) 0.025 $ per $1 of GDP Time series [69th of 74]
    Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita) 68.777 $ per capita Time series [61st of 74]
Inspector Rex > Syndication > Title Bazras va Rex
Inspector Rex > Syndication > Type dubbed
International dialling code 98
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 510,901,100 min. Time series [41st of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 7.695 min. per capita Time series [96th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 350,000,000 $ Time series [32nd of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 1.844 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [72nd of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 5.128 $ per capita Time series [59th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 7,222,538 Time series [46th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 105.823 per 1 million people Time series [126th of 201]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 112 Time series [12th of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 1.759 per million people Time series [49th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 906 Time series [6th of 69]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita) 14.231 per million people Time series [29th of 68]
Number of PCs 7,347 [19th of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.142 per $10 million of GDP [50th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 1.08 per 10,000 people [68th of 169]
Personal computers 7,347,000 Time series [19th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 109.143 per 1 million people Time series [62nd of 171]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 90 % Time series [75th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 2.64 $/month Time series [175th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 2.43 $/month Time series [140th of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 72, FM 5, shortwave 5 Time series
Radio receivers 17,000,000 Time series [23rd of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.279 per capita Time series [100th of 182]
Radios 17,000,000 [23rd of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 249.934 per 1,000 people [126th of 212]
Royalties and fees $0.00 [68th of 85]
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Rassul Sadr-Ameli
Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director Kambuzia Partovi
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 73.68 % Time series [4th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 10354800000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.27 % GDP Time series [130th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 14053700000000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.55 $ Time series [103rd of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 3.37 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [93rd of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 8.171 $ per 1 million people Time series [105th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 46,164 Time series [18th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 0.695 per 1,000 people Time series [83rd of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 2.56 per 100 mainlines Time series [117th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 18,985,670 Time series [11th of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 278.174 per 1,000 people Time series [44th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 26,208,210 Time series [21st of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.385 per 1,000 people Time series [90th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 407.04 Time series [54th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
the addition of new fiber cables and modern switching and exchange systems installed by Iran's state-owned telecom company have improved and expanded the main line network greatly; main line availability has more than doubled to nearly 24 million lines since 2000; additionally, mobile service has increased dramatically serving nearly 30 million subscribers in 2007
Telephone system > General assessment
currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of the urban service but also bringing telephone service to several thousand villages, not presently connected
Telephone system > International
country code - 98; submarine fiber-optic cable to UAE with access to Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line runs from Azerbaijan through the northern portion of Iran to Turkmenistan with expansion to Georgia and Azerbaijan; HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; satellite earth stations - 13 (9 Intelsat and 4 Inmarsat)
Telephones > Main lines in use 23,835,000 Time series [8th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 364.463 per 1,000 people Time series [32nd of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 29,770,000 Time series [25th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 455.216 per 1,000 people Time series [94th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 28 Time series [17th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 0.46 per million people Time series [59th of 67]
Television receivers 4,610,000 Time series [32nd of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 75.729 per 1,000 people Time series [110th of 179]
Television standard > UHF SECAM G
Television standard > VHF SECAM B
Televisions 4,610,000 [33rd of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 67.7762 per 1,000 people [140th of 209]
Website defacements 28 [48th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 0.411656 per 1 million people [99th of 124]

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Wikipedia: Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film ; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; 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; Wikipedia: Inspector Rex ; ; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran

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