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Average cost of local call	0.04		[104th of 151]
Cinema attendance	1,200,000		[62nd of 78]
DVD region	5		[7th of 171]
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003
Fax machines	0.29 per 1,000 people		[86th of 103]
Source: Amazon.com
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	78.94 per 1,000 people		[121st of 193]
Source: The Information for Development Program
Households with television > %	26.5 %		[103rd of 160]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Mobile phone subscribers	699,000		[113rd of 198]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of PCs	1,000		[52nd of 169]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Phone subscribers	42.67		[141st of 178]
Source: ITU
Radio broadcast stations AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1
Radio receivers	1,140,000		[104th of 188]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Radios	1,140,000		[106th of 221]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Telephone system > Domestic consists of microwave radio relay links, open-wire lines, radiotelephone communication stations, fixed wireless local loop installations, and a substantial mobile-cellular network; Internet connection is available in Harare and planned for all major towns and for some of the smaller ones
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Telephone system > International country code - 263; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 2 international digital gateway exchanges (in Harare and Gweru)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Main lines in use	344,500		[86th of 174]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Telephones > Mobile cellular	1,226,000		[112nd of 186]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television broadcast stations	16		[24th of 89]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Television receivers	370,000		[104th of 185]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Televisions	370,000		[108th of 215]
Source: Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Website defacements	2		[99th of 129]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003

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