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Average cost of local call	0.07		[83rd of 151]
DVD region	5		[42nd of 171]
Fax machines	0.07 per 1,000 people		[101st of 103]
Source: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	55.55 per 1,000 people		[152nd of 193]
Source: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	6.1 %		[38th of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	1,942,000		[75th of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs	278		[85th of 169]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers	16		[158th of 178]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 12, FM 11, shortwave 2
Radio receivers	8,800,000		[35th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	8,800,000		[37th of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Domestic fixed-line telephone network inadequate with less than 1 connection per 100 persons; mobile-cellular service, aided by multiple providers, is increasing; trunk service provided by open-wire, microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and fiber-optic cable; some links being made digital
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > International country code - 255; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean, 1 Atlantic Ocean)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephone system > Regulation	1994
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Main lines in use	169,135		[97th of 174]
Source: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Telephones > Mobile cellular	9,358,000		[3rd of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	3		[12th of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	103,000		[130th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television standard > VHF	PAL B
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Televisions	103,000		[132nd of 215]
Source: Tenlab May 2002

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