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Asia > Maldives > Media

MALDIVIAN MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average cost of local call 0.06 [93rd of 151]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports 0.63 % Time series [134th of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 8.13 % Time series [123rd of 155]
E-Government rating 48 [38th of 182]
Fax machines 8.15 per 1,000 people [34th of 103]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people 564.06 per 1,000 people Time series [73rd of 193]
HAM radio prefixes 8QA - 8QZ
Households with television > % 92 % Time series [26th of 160]
International dialling code 960
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes 26,489,420 min. Time series [70th of 164]
    International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita) 82.471 min. per capita Time series [27th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ 40,000,000 $ Time series [61st of 101]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP) 52.248 $ per $1,000 of GDP Time series [1st of 130]
    Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita) 121.507 $ per capita Time series [4th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers 153,393 Time series [146th of 198]
    Mobile phone subscribers (per capita) 465.96 per 1 million people Time series [72nd of 201]
Number of PCs 36 [133rd of 169]
    Number of PCs (per capita) 1.031 per 10,000 people [72nd of 169]
Personal computers 36,000 Time series [124th of 164]
    Personal computers (per capita) 112.081 per 1 million people Time series [59th of 171]
Phone subscribers 168.26 [108th of 178]
Population covered by mobile telephony > % 81 % Time series [86th of 108]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 3.77 $/month Time series [169th of 185]
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 8.05 $/month Time series [91st of 151]
Radio broadcast stations AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 1 Time series
Radio receivers 34,000 Time series [187th of 188]
    Radio receivers (per capita) 0.127 per capita Time series [147th of 182]
Radios 35,000 [196th of 221]
    Radios (per capita) 100.256 per 1,000 people [182nd of 212]
Royalties and fees $12.70 [20th of 85]
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 15.15 % Time series [44th of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU 190000000 Time series
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 12.48 % GDP Time series [3rd of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU 1222662000 Time series
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 5.86 $ Time series [4th of 142]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP) 7,547.064 $ per $1 trillion of GD Time series [3rd of 174]
    Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita) 18,244.312 $ per 1 million people Time series [3rd of 178]
Telephone employees, total 516 Time series [89th of 194]
    Telephone employees, total (per capita) 1.606 per 1,000 people Time series [42nd of 202]
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines 30.84 per 100 mainlines Time series [14th of 134]
Telephone mainlines 32,296 Time series [131st of 202]
    Telephone mainlines (per capita) 98.105 per 1,000 people Time series [90th of 203]
Telephone subscribers 185,689 Time series [126th of 199]
    Telephone subscribers (per capita) 0.532 per 1,000 people Time series [75th of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee 280.52 Time series [72nd of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
interatoll communication through microwave links; all inhabited islands and resorts are connected with telephone and fax service
Telephone system > General assessment
telephone services have improved; each island now has at least 1 public telephone, and there are mobile cellular networks with a rapidly expanding subscribership approaching 90 per 100 persons
Telephone system > International
country code - 960; linked to international submarine cable Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG); satellite earth station - 3 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Telephone systems > Privatisation 1988
Telephones > Main lines in use 33,200 Time series [115th of 174]
    Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) 89.965 per 1,000 people Time series [88th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 317,800 Time series [139th of 186]
    Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita) 861.174 per 1,000 people Time series [57th of 185]
Television broadcast stations 1 Time series [35th of 89]
    Television broadcast stations (per capita) 2.968 per million people Time series [20th of 67]
Television receivers 7,000 Time series [174th of 185]
    Television receivers (per capita) 26.215 per 1,000 people Time series [136th of 179]
Televisions 10,000 [189th of 215]
    Televisions (per capita) 28.6446 per 1,000 people [164th of 209]

SOURCES: ; World Development Indicators database; 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; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; 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; ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Maldives, Republic of Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, Dhivehi Raajje, maldives republic

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