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Average cost of local call	0.06		[92nd of 151]
DVD region	5		[52nd of 171]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	89.23 per 1,000 people		[118th of 193]
Source: Amazon.com
Households with television > %	25.99 %		[104th of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	946,558		[101st of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	228,000		[45th of 90]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs	113		[113rd of 169]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Phone subscribers	19.43		[154th of 178]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations	AM 19, FM 5, shortwave 4
Radio receivers	1,030,000		[107th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	1,200,000		[104th of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Domestic high-capacity microwave radio relay connects most larger towns and cities; several cellular telephone services in operation and network coverage is improving; Internet service is widely available; very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks are operated by private firms
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > International country code - 260; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 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	91,800		[106th of 174]
Source: ITU-BDT Telecommunications Regulatory Database
Telephones > Mobile cellular	2,639,000		[86th of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	9		[3rd of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	277,000		[112nd of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	277,000		[116th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	1		[126th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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