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Average cost of local call	0.04		[106th of 151]
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss Universe	2		[7th of 32]
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Big Four pageants > Statistics > Miss World	1		[27th of 29]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Big Four pageants
Big Four pageants > Statistics > Total Grand Slam wins	3		[21st of 53]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Big Four pageants
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	10.53 %		[125th 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: Big Four pageants
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	17.73 %		[113rd 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
DVD region	4		[90th of 171]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Fax machines	1.56 per 1,000 people		[58th of 103]
SOURCE: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	860.75 per 1,000 people		[52nd 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	9YZ - 9ZZ
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Households with television > %	87.52 %		[63rd 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
International dialling code 1-868 (North American Numbering Plan)
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	495,565,100 min.		[33rd 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$	72,600,000 $		[37th 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)	10.662 $ per $1,000 of GDP		[47th of 130]
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Mobile phone subscribers	800,000		[104th 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
Number of PCs	103		[118th of 169]
DEFINITION: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.09 per $10 million of GDP		[80th of 144]
Personal computers	103,000		[103rd of 164]
DEFINITION: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.		View time series
SOURCE: ITU
Phone subscribers	436.88		[67th of 178]
DEFINITION: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	6.66 $/month		[137th of 185]
DEFINITION: Price basket for mobile is calculated as the pre-paid price for 25 calls per month spread over the same mobile network, other mobile networks, and mobile to fixed calls and during peak, off-peak, and weekend times. It also includes 30 text messages per month.		View time series
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	6.98 $/month		[107th 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 4, FM 18, shortwave 0
DEFINITION: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Radio receivers	680,000		[125th of 188]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Radios	680,000		[125th of 221]
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	36.84 %		[31st 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: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	686000000
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	2.71 % GDP		[100th 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	2084060000
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	2.19 $		[35th 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)	179.404 $ per $1 trillion of GD		[40th of 174]
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Telephone employees, total	3,128		[98th 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	75 per 100 mainlines		[29th 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	323,477		[88th 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	1,123,477		[90th 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	181.57		[91st 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 systems > Privatisation	1989
DEFINITION: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Television broadcast stations	6		[5th 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	425,000		[102nd of 185]
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008		View time series
Television standard > UHF	NTSC M
SOURCE: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Television standard > VHF	NTSC M
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Televisions	425,000		[107th of 215]
DEFINITION: The total number of televisions
SOURCE: Tenlab May 2002
Website defacements	7		[76th of 129]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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