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And Then We Kiss > Charts > Peak	6		[4th of 10]
Average cost of local call	0.07		[85th of 151]
DEFINITION: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
SOURCE: Wikipedia: And Then We Kiss
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss Universe	1		[26th of 32]
DEFINITION:
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss World	2		[9th of 29]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Big Four pageants
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins	3		[23rd of 53]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Big Four pageants
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	1,002		[24th of 77]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Big Four pageants		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	156		[32nd of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	136		[33rd of 70]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography, history	190		[33rd of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	1,227		[25th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology	566		[12th of 70]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy, psychology	33		[41st of 68]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	330		[24th of 72]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion, theology	516		[15th of 73]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	1,262		[24th of 77]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Book production, titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	5,418		[27th of 80]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Cold Case > International > Station	M-Net
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	12.58 %		[105th of 153]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Cold Case
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	21.07 %		[90th of 155]
DEFINITION: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off	1 November 2011
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	March, 2006
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	1 November 2008
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > System used	DVB-T
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
Don't Cha > Chart performance > Peak	1		[10th of 14]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Digital terrestrial television
DVD region	2		[165th of 171]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Don't Cha
E-Government rating	42		[82nd of 182]
DEFINITION: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Series Premiere	July 2006
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: 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)
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Weekly Schedule	Friday 7:00pm
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Everybody Hates Chris
Fax machines	2.11 per 1,000 people		[54th of 103]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Everybody Hates Chris
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	825.13 per 1,000 people		[55th of 193]
DEFINITION: Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.		View time series
SOURCE: The Information for Development Program
HAM radio prefixes	ZRA - ZUZ
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Households with television > %	59.2 %		[35th of 160]
DEFINITION: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.		View time series
SOURCE: hamcity.com
How I Met Your Mother > International broadcasters > Weekly Schedule	Sundays 7:30 p.m.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners Season 1, 2002 : Heinz Winckler Season 2, 2003 : Anke Pietrangeli Season 3, 2005 : Karin Kortje Season 4, 2006 : Dewald Louw
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: How I Met Your Mother
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$	25,471,300,000 $		[20th of 74]
DEFINITION: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Idol series
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.099 $ per $1 of GDP		[4th of 74]
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International dialling code	27
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	1,250,800,000 min.		[24th of 164]
DEFINITION: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).		View time series
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$	1,183,500,000 $		[14th of 101]
DEFINITION: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP)	4.941 $ per $1,000 of GDP		[48th of 130]
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Mobile phone subscribers	33,959,960		[17th of 198]
DEFINITION: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Music recording sales certification > international sales certification thresholds > Certifier	RISA
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1,118,000		[30th of 90]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Music recording sales certification		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	4,230,000		[6th of 46]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	16		[42nd of 106]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	261		[16th of 69]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics		View time series
Number of PCs	3,740		[26th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.076 per $10 million of GDP		[91st of 144]
Personal computers	3,966,000		[10th of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	364.32		[75th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Population covered by mobile telephony > %	96 %		[36th of 108]
DEFINITION: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.		View time series
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	13.26 $/month		[64th of 185]
DEFINITION: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	22.74 $/month		[27th of 151]
DEFINITION: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio broadcast stations AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio receivers	13,750,000		[26th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	17,000,000		[24th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Royalties and fees	$1.40		[31st of 85]
DEFINITION: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	9.77 %		[86th of 165]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	6586000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.73 % GDP		[17th of 167]
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	87342000000
DEFINITION: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.79 $		[86th of 142]
DEFINITION: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP)	3.68 $ per $1 trillion of GD		[90th of 174]
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Telephone employees, total	35,416		[13th of 194]
DEFINITION: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone faults > per 100 mainlines	48.2 per 100 mainlines		[20th of 134]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone mainlines	4,729,000		[27th of 202]
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers	38,688,960		[15th of 199]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone subscribers per employee	725.35		[15th of 191]
DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone system > Regulation	1997
DEFINITION: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1997
DEFINITION: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television broadcast stations	556		[3rd of 89]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Television receivers	5,200,000		[29th of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > UHF	PAL I
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television standard > VHF	PAL I
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Televisions	6,000,000		[29th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Website defacements	147		[14th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
World Idol > Results > Original artist	Aerosmith
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: attrition.org
World Idol > Results > Performer	Heinz Winckler
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: World Idol
World Idol > Results > Points	80		[4th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: World Idol
World Idol > Results > Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: World Idol
World music market > Digital Singles Sales Share in 2005	< 0.1%
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: World Idol
World music market > Singles > Physical Sales Share	0.02-0.45%
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: World music market

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