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  • Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > 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.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Active military personnel: Active military.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). 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 and small projects 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.
  • Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
    Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems. 
     
    Values
     
    “per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.
     
    “sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.
     
    “sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.
     
    “sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.
     
    “ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking. 
     
     “nd”, no data.
     
     
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers per million: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: 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.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included."
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Price basket for mobile > US$ per month: 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.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). 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 and small projects 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. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). 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 and small projects 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. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
STAT Afghanistan Iraq HISTORY
Broadcast media state-owned broadcaster, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), operates a series of radio and television stations in Kabul and the provinces; an estimated 175 private radio stations, 8 TV networks, and about a dozen international broadcasters are available the number of private radio and TV stations has increased rapidly since 2003; government-owned TV and radio stations are operated by the publicly funded Iraqi Public Broadcasting Service; private broadcast media are mostly linked to political, ethnic, or religious groups; satellite TV is available to an estimated 70% of viewers and many of the broadcasters are based abroad; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are accessible
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 43.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 131st.
57.32 per 1,000 people
Ranked 148th. 32% more than Afghanistan

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 0.0528
Ranked 188th. 21 times more than Iraq
0.00249
Ranked 196th.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 5.45
Ranked 175th.
7.1
Ranked 169th. 30% more than Afghanistan

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 53.34
Ranked 179th.
69.37
Ranked 174th. 30% more than Afghanistan
Internet > Users > Per capita 18.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 133th. 9 times more than Iraq
1.96 per 1,000 people
Ranked 151st.

Internet > Users per 1000 22.01
Ranked 129th. 12 times more than Iraq
1.88
Ranked 148th.

Internet users 1,000,000
Ranked 99th. 3 times more than Iraq
325,900
Ranked 123th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Bakhtar News Agency - state-run, English-language pages</p> </p>Pajhwok Afghan News - private, English-language pages</p> </p>Afghan Islamic Press - private, based in Peshawar, Pakistan; English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12013942">Full Article</a> <p>Voices of Iraq - pooled news service launched by Reuters Foundation and UN Development Programme, English-language pages</p> </p>National Iraqi News Agency (Nina) - private, English-language pages</p> </p>Iraqi News - news site, in English</p>
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Arman FM - Afghanistan&#039;s first private radio station, on FM in Kabul and other cities</p> </p>Arakozia FM - private, operated by Moby Group</p> </p>Radio Afghanistan - run by state broadcaster National Radio-TV Afghanistan (NRTA); also operates Kabul Radio FM 93 in the capital and 32 provincial stations</p> <p>Republic of Iraq Radio - state-run</p> </p>Radio Basra - state-run</p> </p>Voice of Iraq - private, Baghdad</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14546541">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 21, FM 5, shortwave 1 (broadcasts in Pashto, Dari (Afghan Persian), Urdu, and English) after 17 months of unregulated media growth, there are approximately 80 radio stations (types NA) on the air inside Iraq
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 53.9
Ranked 169th.
79.39
Ranked 139th. 47% more than Afghanistan

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 164.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th.
509.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 3 times more than Afghanistan

Television > List of TV stations <p>National Television Afghanistan - run by state broadcaster (NRTA), via terrestrial relays and satellite</p> </p>Tolo TV - leading private network, operated by Moby Group; via provincial relays and satellite</p> </p>TOLOnews - Moby Group&#039;s news network, via satellite; website in English</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12013942">Full Article</a> <p>Al-Iraqiya - state-run</p> </p>Al-Sharqiya - private, based in Dubai, satellite and terrestrial</p> </p>Al-Sumaria - private, based in Beirut, satellite and terrestrial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14546541">Full Article</a>
Televisions per 1000 4.33
Ranked 182nd.
67.41
Ranked 126th. 16 times more than Afghanistan
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 0.453
Ranked 201st.
57.43
Ranked 140th. 127 times more than Afghanistan

Televisions 100,000
Ranked 133th.
1.75 million
Ranked 66th. 18 times more than Afghanistan
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 9.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 149th.
59.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th. 6 times more than Afghanistan

Internet users > Per 100 people 1.72
Ranked 167th. 76% more than Iraq
0.98
Ranked 175th.

Internet > Internet users 1.66 million
Ranked 99th.
2.21 million
Ranked 87th. 33% more than Afghanistan
Radios per 1000 7.22
Ranked 196th.
186.83
Ranked 138th. 26 times more than Afghanistan
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 433.08
Ranked 142nd.
653.84
Ranked 117th. 51% more than Afghanistan

Internet > Percent using internet 5.45%
Ranked 172nd.
7.1%
Ranked 167th. 30% more than Afghanistan

Telephones > Mobile cellular 17.56 million
Ranked 47th.
27 million
Ranked 3rd. 54% more than Afghanistan

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 4.67
Ranked 179th.
36.73
Ranked 142nd. 8 times more than Afghanistan

Telephone mainlines per 1000 4.02
Ranked 136th.
38.77
Ranked 128th. 10 times more than Afghanistan

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Hasht-e Sobh (&quot;Daily 8am&quot;) - private, secular daily</p> </p>Hewad (&quot;Homeland&quot;) - government-sponsored daily</p> </p>Anis (&quot;Companion&quot;) - government-sponsored daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12013942">Full Article</a> <p>Al-Sabah - sponsored by state-run Iraqi Media Network</p> </p>Al-Zaman - private London-based daily, printed in Baghdad and Basra; English-language pages</p> </p>Al-Mada - Baghdad, private daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14546541">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment limited fixed-line telephone service; an increasing number of Afghans utilize mobile-cellular phone networks the 2003 liberation of Iraq severely disrupted telecommunications throughout Iraq including international connections; widespread government efforts to rebuild domestic and international communications through fiber optic links are in progress; the mobile cellular market has expanded rapidly to some 27 million subscribers by the end of 2012
Television receivers per 1000 14.19
Ranked 146th.
80.67
Ranked 106th. 6 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > IP addresses per capita 3.41
Ranked 201st.
7.83
Ranked 189th. 2 times more than Afghanistan
Internet > Users 580,000
Ranked 86th. 11 times more than Iraq
54,000
Ranked 135th.

Internet > Internet penetration 5.5%
Ranked 183th.
7.1%
Ranked 177th. 29% more than Afghanistan
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 48.27
Ranked 147th. 2 times more than Iraq
21.52
Ranked 170th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 603.53
Ranked 162nd.
821.29
Ranked 138th. 36% more than Afghanistan

Telecoms > Telephone lines 13,500
Ranked 190th.
1.87 million
Ranked 61st. 139 times more than Afghanistan

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 18 million
Ranked 53th.
26.76 million
Ranked 39th. 49% more than Afghanistan

Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 221st. The same as Iraq
1
Ranked 182nd.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 1,500
Ranked 172nd. 19 times more than Iraq
77
Ranked 196th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 13,500
Ranked 178th.
1.79 million
Ranked 62nd. 133 times more than Afghanistan

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 0.0453
Ranked 199th.
5.71
Ranked 141st. 126 times more than Afghanistan

Active military personnel 200,000
Ranked 1st.
271,400
Ranked 1st. 36% more than Afghanistan
Radio receivers per 1000 144.58
Ranked 139th.
223.57
Ranked 116th. 55% more than Afghanistan

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 40.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 151st. 77% more than Iraq
22.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.

Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.00115
Ranked 193th. 11 times more than Iraq
0.000102
Ranked 198th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 18 million
Ranked 53th.
26.76 million
Ranked 40th. 49% more than Afghanistan

Radio receivers 2.75 million
Ranked 79th.
4.85 million
Ranked 56th. 76% more than Afghanistan

Television receivers 270,000
Ranked 113th.
1.75 million
Ranked 63th. 6 times more than Afghanistan

Mobile phone subscribers 1.2 million
Ranked 92nd. 2 times more than Iraq
574,000
Ranked 110th.

Telephone system > International country code - 93; multiple VSAT's provide international and domestic voice and data connectivity country code - 964; satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, 1 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region, and 1 Arabsat (inoperative)); local microwave radio relay connects border regions to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; international terrestrial fiber-optic connections have been established with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, Jordan, and Iran; links to the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) and the Gulf Bridge International (GBI) submarine fiber-optic cables are planned
Internet > ISP 1
Ranked 157th. The same as Iraq
1
Ranked 132nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 13,500
Ranked 189th.
1.87 million
Ranked 61st. 139 times more than Afghanistan

Radios 167,000
Ranked 165th.
4.85 million
Ranked 59th. 29 times more than Afghanistan
Internet > Hosts 31
Ranked 204th. 10 times more than Iraq
3
Ranked 222nd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 113,200
Ranked 94th.
407,000
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than Afghanistan
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 19
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Iraq
4
Ranked 104th.
Internet > Top level domain .af .iq
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 10.96$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 19th.
33.33$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Afghanistan

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 6.15
Ranked 130th.
19.37
Ranked 112th. 3 times more than Afghanistan
Telephone system > Domestic aided by the presence of multiple providers, mobile-cellular telephone service continues to improve rapidly; the Afghan Ministry of Communications and Information claims that more than 90 percent of the population live in areas with access to mobile-cellular services repairs to switches and lines destroyed during 2003 continue; additional switching capacity is improving access; 3 GSM operators since 2007 have expanded beyond their regional roots and offer near country-wide access to second-generation services; third-generation mobile services are not available nationwide; wireless local loop is available in some metropolitan areas and additional licenses have been issued with the hope of overcoming the lack of fixed-line infrastructure
Internet country code .af .iq
Telephone mainlines 100,000
Ranked 107th.
1.03 million
Ranked 67th. 10 times more than Afghanistan

Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ $101.20 million
Ranked 50th.
$376.50 million
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 7.9 million
Ranked 64th.
17.53 million
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.0433
Ranked 190th. 12% more than Iraq
0.0385
Ranked 193th.
Internet > IP addresses 103,744
Ranked 134th.
243,712
Ranked 111th. 2 times more than Afghanistan
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 7000000000 625000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 177th.
0.0
Ranked 168th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 0.453
Ranked 204th.
57.43
Ranked 146th. 127 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > TLD .af .iq
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 27.22
Ranked 153th.
57.08
Ranked 114th. 2 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > Livejournal users 1,893
Ranked 21st. 5 times more than Iraq
363
Ranked 56th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 2
Ranked 163th. Twice as much as Iraq
1
Ranked 166th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code 93 964
Telephone subscribers per 1000 52.29
Ranked 129th.
60.29
Ranked 143th. 15% more than Afghanistan

E-Government rating 32
Ranked 168th.
33.6
Ranked 151st. 5% more than Afghanistan
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 0.064 per 1 million people
Ranked 174th. 73% more than Iraq
0.037 per 1 million people
Ranked 177th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 78.81
Ranked 74th. 6 times more than Iraq
13.61
Ranked 122nd.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 5.1% GDP
Ranked 23th. 85 times more than Iraq
0.06% GDP
Ranked 100th.
Telephone subscribers per employee 1,575.76
Ranked 1st. 31 times more than Iraq
50.64
Ranked 53th.

Telephone subscribers 1.3 million
Ranked 86th.
1.61 million
Ranked 93th. 24% more than Afghanistan

Telephone subscribers > Per capita 43.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 131st.
63.38 per 1,000 people
Ranked 145th. 46% more than Afghanistan

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 603.53
Ranked 161st.
821.29
Ranked 135th. 36% more than Afghanistan

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.764
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Iraq
0.19
Ranked 156th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.00478
Ranked 191st. 20 times more than Iraq
0.000243
Ranked 196th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 1.11
Ranked 173th. 9 times more than Iraq
0.123
Ranked 194th.

Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ 80.1 million$
Ranked 50th.
475 million$
Ranked 27th. 6 times more than Afghanistan

Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita 2.68$ per capita
Ranked 65th.
18.22$ per capita
Ranked 35th. 7 times more than Afghanistan

Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 93
Ranked 39th.
964
Ranked 19th. 10 times more than Afghanistan
Phone system > International dialling code +93 964
Television standard > VHF PAL/SECAM B SECAM B
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita 3.22$
Ranked 65th.
17.35$
Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Afghanistan

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 0.35
Ranked 183th.
3.52
Ranked 142nd. 10 times more than Afghanistan

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 10.82$/month
Ranked 93th. 4 times more than Iraq
2.57$/month
Ranked 175th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP 0.0283%
Ranked 94th.
0.179%
Ranked 69th. 6 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 0.078
Ranked 170th. 2 times more than Iraq
0.0356
Ranked 175th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 0.0404
Ranked 201st.
5.55
Ranked 142nd. 137 times more than Afghanistan

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 18500000000 7324000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 0.3
Ranked 160th. 2 times more than Iraq
0.13
Ranked 172nd.

Internet servers using encryption 9
Ranked 132nd. 2 times more than Iraq
4
Ranked 154th.

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 3.34 per 1,000 people
Ranked 138th.
40.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 127th. 12 times more than Afghanistan

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.028 per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th.
0.763 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th. 27 times more than Afghanistan

Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita $3.39
Ranked 75th.
$11.56
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Afghanistan

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 218th.
0.0
Ranked 94th.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP 51.64%
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Iraq
11.97%
Ranked 93th.

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.001 per 1,000 people
Ranked 216th.
0.0
Ranked 218th.

Telephone lines 101,124
Ranked 132nd.
1.08 million
Ranked 70th. 11 times more than Afghanistan

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 500
Ranked 158th. 13 times more than Iraq
40
Ranked 168th.

Internet > ISP per million 0.0486
Ranked 128th. 16% more than Iraq
0.042
Ranked 130th.

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