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Middle East > Oman > Media

OMANI MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.02 [125th of 151]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 1 Time series [44th of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences (per capita) 0.416 per million people Time series [42nd of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 5 Time series [41st of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 18 Time series [48th of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities (per capita) 7.646 per million people Time series [35th of 70]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history 9 Time series [52nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history (per capita) 3.823 per million people Time series [46th of 77]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 34 Time series [52nd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature (per capita) 14.442 per million people Time series [43rd of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 3 Time series [53rd of 70]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology (per capita) 1.274 per million people Time series [48th of 69]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology 1 Time series [39th of 68]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology (per capita) 0.416 per million people Time series [37th of 67]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 27 Time series [41st of 72]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences (per capita) 11.468 per million people Time series [33rd of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology 5 Time series [42nd of 73]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology (per capita) 2.081 per million people Time series [36th of 72]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 15 Time series [53rd of 77]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences (per capita) 6.371 per million people Time series [51st of 76]
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 12 Time series [48th of 80]
    Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total (per capita) 4.995 per million people Time series [42nd of 79]
Cinema attendance 250,000 [74th of 78]
    Cinema attendance (per capita) 83.2778 per 1,000 people [69th of 78]
Cinemas 17 Time series [51st of 61]
    Cinemas (per capita) 7.221 per million people Time series [45th of 60]
Cinemas > Annual attendance 300,000 Time series [59th of 65]
    Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita) 0.13 per capita Time series [54th of 64]
Cinemas > Seats 4,700 Time series [35th of 44]
    Cinemas > Seats (per capita) 1.996 per 1,000 people Time series [36th of 43]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 4.43 % Time series [129th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 34.69 % Time series [46th of 155]
DVD region 2 [131st of 171]
E-Government rating 36 [136th of 182]
Fax machines 1.54 per 1,000 people [60th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 622.7 per 1,000 people Time series [68th of 193]
HAM radio prefixes A4A - A4Z
Households with television > % 79.16 % Time series [71st of 160]
International dialling code 968
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 468,835,300 min. Time series [35th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 185.029 min. per capita Time series [14th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 1,047,000,000 $ Time series [15th of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 43.115 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [8th of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 407.872 $ per capita Time series [1st of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 1,333,225 Time series [89th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 519.375 per 1 million people Time series [64th of 201]
Newspapers 5 [49th of 67]
    Newspapers (per capita) 1.66556 per 1 million people [47th of 67]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 5 Time series [72nd of 106]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita) 2.124 per million people Time series [47th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals 29 Time series [36th of 40]
    Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Periodicals (per capita) 12.318 per million people Time series [27th of 40]
Number of PCs 118 [111st of 169]
    Number of PCs (per $ GDP) 0.031 per $10 million of GDP [130th of 144]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 0.393 per 10,000 people [103rd of 169]
Personal computers 118,000 Time series [105th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 46.57 per 1 million people Time series [90th of 171]
Phone subscribers 213.44 [98th of 178]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 5.47 $/month Time series [151st of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 12.11 $/month Time series [63rd of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 3, FM 9, shortwave 2 Time series
Radio receivers 1,400,000 Time series [96th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.609 per capita Time series [46th of 182]
Radios 1,400,000 [96th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 466.356 per 1,000 people [84th of 212]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 43.31 % Time series [6th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 93411000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.31 % GDP Time series [110th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 286100000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.87 $ Time series [47th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 77.005 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [56th of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 738.009 $ per 1 million people Time series [27th of 178]
Telephone employees, total 1,799 Time series [75th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 0.71 per 1,000 people Time series [63rd of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 89.73 per 100 mainlines Time series [5th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 265,237 Time series [93rd of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 103.326 per 1,000 people Time series [86th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 1,598,462 Time series [85th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.533 per 1,000 people Time series [74th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 583.12 Time series [31st of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
fixed-line phone service gradually being introduced to remote villages using wireless local loop systems; fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership both increasing; open-wire, microwave, radiotelephone communications, and a domestic satellite system with 8 earth stations
Telephone system > General assessment
modern system consisting of open-wire, microwave, and radiotelephone communication stations; limited coaxial cable
Telephone system > International
country code - 968; the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and the SEA-ME-WE-3 submarine cable provide connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat
Telephones > Main lines in use 268,100 Time series [89th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 83.653 per 1,000 people Time series [89th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 2,500,000 Time series [88th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 780.056 per 1,000 people Time series [70th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 13 Time series [7th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 5.411 per million people Time series [3rd of 67]
Television receivers 1,600,000 Time series [67th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 695.957 per 1,000 people Time series [5th of 179]
Television standard > UHF PAL G
Television standard > VHF PAL B
Televisions 1,600,000 [69th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 532.978 per 1,000 people [18th of 209]
Website defacements 4 [87th of 129]
    Website defacements (per capita) 1.33245 per 1 million people [74th of 124]

SOURCES: ; 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); The Information for Development Program; hamcity.com; ITU; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Tenlab May 2002; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Saltanat Uman, Uman

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