Media Stats: compare key data on Australia & Cyprus

Definitions

Households with television: 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.
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 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.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
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 > 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.
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.
Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Personal computers: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
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.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Cinema > Number of cinemas: Number of cinemas.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: 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.
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
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Television > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts), Female. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people: Number of cinemas. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
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 > Broadband subscribers: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.
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.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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."
Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
Radio > Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
Internet > Households with internet per thousand people: Number of households with access to the internet (regardless of device that is used). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Rural households with internet per thousand people: Number of rural households with access to the internet (regardless of device that is used). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Rural households with internet: Number of rural households with access to the internet (regardless of device that is used).
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port: Time to port days.
Belarus had range specified: 0-3

No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Website defacements per million: . 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.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: 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. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
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 > Male newspaper journalists per million people: Number of male newspaper journalists by country. Figures expressed per million 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.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
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.
Internet > Households with internet: Number of households with access to the internet (regardless of device that is used).
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists: Number of male newspaper journalists by country.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists: Number of female newspaper journalists by country.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female: Newspaper journalists (headcounts), Female.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Price basket for mobile > US$ 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.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists per million people: Number of female newspaper journalists by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: 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.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports: 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.
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).
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalist gender ratio: Number of female newspaper journalists for every 100 male newspaper journalists.
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.
Phone subscribers: 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.
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.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: 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).
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.
Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: 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.
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."

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STAT	Australia	Cyprus
Broadcast media	the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) runs multiple national and local radio networks and TV stations, as well as Australia Network, a TV service that broadcasts throughout the Asia-Pacific region and is the main public broadcaster; Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a second large public broadcaster, operates radio and TV networks broadcasting in multiple languages; several large national commercial TV networks, a large number of local commercial TV stations, and hundreds of commercial radio stations are accessible; cable and satellite systems are available	mixture of state and privately run TV and radio services; the public broadcaster operates 2 TV channels and 4 radio stations; 6 private TV broadcasters, satellite and cable TV services including telecasts from Greece and Turkey, and a number of private radio stations are available; in areas administered by Turkish Cypriots, there are 2 public TV stations, 4 public radio stations, and privately owned TV and radio broadcast stations
Households with television	96.28% Ranked 15th.	99.3% Ranked 2nd. 3% more than Australia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	253.18 Ranked 30th. 32% more than Cyprus	192.27 Ranked 45th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	82.35 Ranked 24th. 35% more than Cyprus	61 Ranked 60th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	814.36 Ranked 26th. 36% more than Cyprus	600.85 Ranked 62nd.
Internet > Users per 1000	534.83 Ranked 29th. 50% more than Cyprus	357.45 Ranked 49th.
Internet users	15.81 million Ranked 25th. 36 times more than Cyprus	433,800 Ranked 37th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>AAP - Australian Associated Press</p> </p>ABC News - public broadcaster's news site</p>	<p>Cyprus News Agency - "semi-governmental" news agency</p> </p>TAK (northern Cyprus)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	682.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Cyprus	336.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th.
Personal computers per 1000	681.66 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Cyprus	245.12 Ranked 31st.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>ABC - public, operates speech-cultural network Radio National, ABC NewsRadio, youth network Triple J, ABC Classic FM and local services</p> </p>Radio Australia - ABC's external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific</p> </p>SBS Radio - public, multilingual</p>	<p>Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) - public, operates Proto (in Greek), Deutero (in English, Turkish, Armenian), Trito (in Greek) and Radio Love</p> </p>Radio Proto - commercial</p> </p>Radio Astra - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17219246">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations	AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1	Republic of Cyprus: AM 7, FM 60, shortwave 1 (1998); north Cyprus: AM 3, FM 11, shortwave 1
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	106.19 Ranked 95th. 8% more than Cyprus	98.39 Ranked 110th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>ABC - national, public</p> </p>ABC News 24 - ABC's news TV</p> </p>Australia Network - international channel operated by ABC</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15675260">Full Article</a>	<p>Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) - public, operates CyBC1, CyBC2 and a satellite network</p> </p>ANT1 - commercial</p> </p>Mega TV - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17219246">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	548.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 48% more than Cyprus	369.74 per 1,000 people Ranked 38th.
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	155.07 Ranked 26th. 2 times more than Cyprus	69.53 Ranked 36th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.	1,502.87 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 2% more than Australia
Internet > Users > Per capita	550.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 28th. 14% more than Cyprus	481.95 per 1,000 people Ranked 39th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	461.61 Ranked 22nd. 40% more than Cyprus	330.56 Ranked 50th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	70.78 Ranked 19th. 83% more than Cyprus	38.78 Ranked 55th.
Internet > Internet users	18.13 million Ranked 28th. 26 times more than Cyprus	694,223 Ranked 126th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	160.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Cyprus	79.02 per 1,000 people Ranked 33th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	120,000 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 267 times more than Cyprus	450 Mbps Ranked 39th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	5,902.9 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Cyprus	593.82 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 20th.
Personal computers	13.72 million Ranked 12th. 55 times more than Cyprus	249,000 Ranked 84th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	4.15 billion min. Ranked 10th. 8 times more than Cyprus	501.03 million min. Ranked 42nd.
Internet > Percent using internet	82.35% Ranked 22nd. 35% more than Cyprus	61% Ranked 58th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	24.49 million Ranked 40th. 22 times more than Cyprus	1.09 million Ranked 147th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.38 per capita Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Cyprus	0.462 per capita Ranked 66th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	561.91 Ranked 9th. 38% more than Cyprus	406.77 Ranked 29th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>The Sydney Morning Herald - daily</p> </p>Herald Sun - Melbourne-based daily</p> </p>The Australian - national daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15675260">Full Article</a>	<p>Cyprus Mail - English-language daily</p> </p>The Cyprus Weekly - English-language</p> </p>Phileleftheros - Greek-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17219246">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	80 million Ranked 14th. 95 times more than Cyprus	842,000 Ranked 66th.
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	excellent in both area under government control and area administered by Turkish Cypriots
Cinema attendance per capita	4.02 Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Cyprus	0.844 Ranked 37th.
Television receivers per 1000	548.14 Ranked 13th. 97% more than Cyprus	278.42 Ranked 52nd.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	43 Ranked 32nd. 14 times more than Cyprus	3 Ranked 75th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,160.89 Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Cyprus	998.97 Ranked 36th.
Average cost of local call	0.11 Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Cyprus	0.03 Ranked 74th.
Internet > Users	11.24 million Ranked 24th. 30 times more than Cyprus	380,000 Ranked 92nd.
Internet > Internet penetration	82.3% Ranked 25th. 35% more than Cyprus	61% Ranked 63th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	903.17 Ranked 28th. 30% more than Cyprus	696.16 Ranked 48th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,072.93 Ranked 92nd. 9% more than Cyprus	984 Ranked 111th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 28 times more than Cyprus	373,196 Ranked 105th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd. 22 times more than Cyprus	1.11 million Ranked 152nd.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	571 Ranked 3rd. 95 times more than Cyprus	6 Ranked 102nd.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.74 million Ranked 18th. 26 times more than Cyprus	217,072 Ranked 81st.
Cinemas > Per capita	0.092 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Cyprus	0.041 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	10.57 million Ranked 20th. 26 times more than Cyprus	405,000 Ranked 105th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	45.43 Ranked 22nd. 37% more than Cyprus	33.06 Ranked 50th.
Radio receivers per 1000	1,377.11 Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Cyprus	348.03 Ranked 81st.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	906.1 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th.	948.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th. 5% more than Australia
Internet > Hosts per 1000	520.66 Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Cyprus	132.86 Ranked 39th.
Number of PCs per million	681.66 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Cyprus	245.12 Ranked 33th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd. 22 times more than Cyprus	1.11 million Ranked 153th.
Radio receivers	25.5 million Ranked 16th. 82 times more than Cyprus	310,000 Ranked 145th.
Cinema > Number of cinemas	494 Ranked 15th. 49 times more than Cyprus	10 Ranked 53th.
Television receivers	10.15 million Ranked 20th. 41 times more than Cyprus	248,000 Ranked 116th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.68$ Ranked 105th. 2 times more than Cyprus	0.33$ Ranked 112th.
Mobile phone subscribers	18.42 million Ranked 23th. 26 times more than Cyprus	718,842 Ranked 109th.
Telephone system > International	country code - 61; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-3 optical telecommunications submarine cable with links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; the Southern Cross fiber optic submarine cable provides links to New Zealand and the United States; satellite earth stations - 19 (10 Intelsat - 4 Indian Ocean and 6 Pacific Ocean, 2 Inmarsat - Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, 2 Globalstar, 5 other)	country code - 357 (area administered by Turkish Cypriots uses the country code of Turkey - 90); a number of submarine cables, including the SEA-ME-WE-3, combine to provide connectivity to Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 8 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat)
Internet > ISP	571 Ranked 2nd. 95 times more than Cyprus	6 Ranked 75th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	103.1 Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Cyprus	25.84 Ranked 48th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 28 times more than Cyprus	373,196 Ranked 105th.
Internet > Hosts	11.13 million Ranked 6th. 78 times more than Cyprus	143,099 Ranked 63th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	88 million Ranked 9th. 110 times more than Cyprus	800,000 Ranked 46th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	160.97 Ranked 22nd. 3 times more than Cyprus	59.5 Ranked 40th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	4.65 Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Cyprus	0.864 Ranked 30th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	5,883.85 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Cyprus	435.8 Mbps Ranked 25th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	49 Ranked 30th. 6 times more than Cyprus	8 Ranked 78th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	3.11 million Ranked 19th. 36 times more than Cyprus	86,000 Ranked 43th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	9.3% Ranked 46th.	66.67% Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	3.08 million Ranked 17th. 58 times more than Cyprus	53,000 Ranked 66th.
Internet > Top level domain	.au	.cy
Television > Total number of channels	6 Ranked 35th. Twice as much as Cyprus	3 Ranked 22nd.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	1.93 Ranked 48th.	2.69 Ranked 37th. 39% more than Australia
Television > Total number of channels per million people	0.294 Ranked 49th.	2.86 Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	154.71 Ranked 27th. 66% more than Cyprus	92.92 Ranked 31st.
Telephone system > Domestic	domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones	open-wire, fiber-optic cable, and microwave radio relay
Internet country code	.au	.cy
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	163.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Cyprus	19.46 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 73th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	213.77 min. Ranked 21st.	501.96 min. Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Australia
Telephone mainlines	11.46 million Ranked 18th. 27 times more than Cyprus	420,030 Ranked 83th.
Cinemas	1,748 Ranked 5th. 62 times more than Cyprus	28 Ranked 34th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	103.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Cyprus	35.21 per 1,000 people Ranked 42nd.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female per million people	132.49 Ranked 1st. 35% more than Cyprus	98.44 Ranked 9th.
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	22.82$/month Ranked 85th. 10% more than Cyprus	20.76$/month Ranked 99th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	213.77 min. per capita Ranked 19th.	693.22 min. per capita Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Australia
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	23.87 Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Cyprus	9.54 Ranked 36th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	90.7% Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Cyprus	33.33% Ranked 55th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	22.12 million Ranked 33th. 22 times more than Cyprus	1.02 million Ranked 134th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	2.1 million Ranked 14th. 79 times more than Cyprus	26,684 Ranked 66th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	28.7 Ranked 20th. 5 times more than Cyprus	6.01 Ranked 47th.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	23.57 Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Cyprus	10.37 Ranked 16th.
Cinemas per million	92.36 Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Cyprus	30.25 Ranked 20th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	48 Ranked 27th. 6 times more than Cyprus	8 Ranked 51st.
Internet > IP addresses	47.57 million Ranked 11th. 42 times more than Cyprus	1.14 million Ranked 75th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	21.51 Ranked 41st.	203.14 Ranked 8th. 9 times more than Australia
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	159000000	43680000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	23.98 Ranked 19th. 46% more than Cyprus	16.37 Ranked 36th.
Number of PCs	13,720 Ranked 11th. 55 times more than Cyprus	249 Ranked 87th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	461.61 Ranked 25th. 40% more than Cyprus	330.56 Ranked 55th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	21.18 million Ranked 15th. 55 times more than Cyprus	384,270 Ranked 98th.
Radio > Total number of channels	70 Ranked 15th. 18 times more than Cyprus	4 Ranked 62nd.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions	130.5 Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Cyprus	49 Ranked 15th.
Cinemas > Seats	446,000 Ranked 4th. 46 times more than Cyprus	9,600 Ranked 26th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	97 Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Cyprus	38 Ranked 35th.
Internet > Households with internet per thousand people	243.11 Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Cyprus	106.98 Ranked 4th.
Internet > Rural households with internet per thousand people	27.64 Ranked 5th.	40.61 Ranked 3rd. 47% more than Australia
Internet > Rural households with internet	616,933 Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Cyprus	45,342 Ranked 9th.
Internet > TLD	.au	.cy
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	103.21 Ranked 56th.	117.89 Ranked 36th. 14% more than Australia
Internet > Livejournal users	34,142 Ranked 5th. 249 times more than Cyprus	137 Ranked 99th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	11,986 Ranked 6th. 58 times more than Cyprus	205 Ranked 48th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.15 Ranked 17th.	5.37 Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Australia
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	48 Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Cyprus	6 Ranked 38th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	4.65 per capita Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Cyprus	1.17 per capita Ranked 27th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port	1 days Ranked 6th.	2 days Ranked 25th. Twice as much as Australia
Telecommunications > Country calling code	61	357
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2001.09.25	2004.07.??
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price	free	Free
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,465.08 Ranked 16th. 33% more than Cyprus	1,102.93 Ranked 41st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	96.2% Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Cyprus	33.8% Ranked 47th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	96% Ranked 36th.	99.98% Ranked 5th. 4% more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	2.51 Ranked 38th.	8.48 Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists	5,416 Ranked 6th. 18 times more than Cyprus	300 Ranked 34th.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	83.33% Ranked 16th. 25% more than Cyprus	66.67% Ranked 19th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	584.09 per 1 million people Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Cyprus	267.81 per 1 million people Ranked 31st.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people	3.43 Ranked 25th.	3.87 Ranked 22nd. 13% more than Australia
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.0981 Number Ranked 39th.	0.968 Number Ranked 19th. 10 times more than Australia
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions	99.24% Ranked 8th. 1% more than Cyprus	98% Ranked 18th.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	0.76% Ranked 62nd.	2% Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	5.06 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.	54.76 per 1 million people Ranked 11th. 11 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	5.06 Ranked 38th.	40.28 Ranked 15th. 8 times more than Australia
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1,696.29 Ranked 15th. 13 times more than Cyprus	134.87 Ranked 56th.
Website defacements	156 Ranked 12th. 39 times more than Cyprus	4 Ranked 87th.
Internet > Linux web servers	633 Ranked 6th. 211 times more than Cyprus	3 Ranked 71st.
Website defacements per million	8.04 Ranked 20th. 93% more than Cyprus	4.16 Ranked 42nd.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL G
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.71% GDP Ranked 17th. 78% more than Cyprus	3.2% GDP Ranked 80th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	506.24 Ranked 39th. 20% more than Cyprus	422.54 Ranked 49th.
Telephone subscribers	29.88 million Ranked 19th. 26 times more than Cyprus	1.14 million Ranked 88th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th.	1,502.87 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th. 2% more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.035$ per 1 million people Ranked 97th.	0.457$ per 1 million people Ranked 37th. 13 times more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	1.6$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 125th.	25.05$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 82nd. 16 times more than Australia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,072.93 Ranked 90th. 9% more than Cyprus	984 Ranked 106th.
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists per million people	146.5 Ranked 1st.	196.89 Ranked 8th. 34% more than Australia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.43 Ranked 70th.	7.88 Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people	278.99 Ranked 5th.	295.33 Ranked 13th. 6% more than Australia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	25.06 Ranked 31st. 30% more than Cyprus	19.22 Ranked 45th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,724.46 Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Cyprus	786.54 Ranked 27th.
Internet > Households with internet	5.43 million Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Cyprus	119,440 Ranked 8th.
Newspapers > Male newspaper journalists	2,844 Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Cyprus	200 Ranked 18th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	435 Ranked 19th. 20 times more than Cyprus	22 Ranked 64th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	2 Number Ranked 32nd. Twice as much as Cyprus	1 Number Ranked 51st.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	433,000 Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Cyprus	188,000 Ranked 19th.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists	2,572 Ranked 1st. 26 times more than Cyprus	100 Ranked 16th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+61	+357
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	951.6 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Cyprus	332.59 Ranked 48th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	530.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Cyprus	180.54 per 1,000 people Ranked 38th.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$2.21 billion Ranked 23th. 8 times more than Cyprus	$284.72 million Ranked 45th.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL B
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists, female	2,572 Ranked 1st. 26 times more than Cyprus	100 Ranked 16th.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	23.57 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 69% more than Cyprus	13.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	43.72 Ranked 28th.	45.08 Ranked 22nd. 3% more than Australia
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	18.33$/month Ranked 29th. 5 times more than Cyprus	3.89$/month Ranked 165th.
Newspapers > Female newspaper journalists per million people	132.49 Ranked 1st. 35% more than Cyprus	98.44 Ranked 9th.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	10.05% Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Cyprus	4.9% Ranked 80th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	1.45% Ranked 63th.	6.88% Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	2.51 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.	11.53 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	21.61 Ranked 45th.	21.66 Ranked 44th. About the same as Australia
Internet > ISP per million	29.06 Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Cyprus	6.36 Ranked 34th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	21.32% Ranked 88th. 25% more than Cyprus	17.02% Ranked 105th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	19.1% Ranked 77th.	32.04% Ranked 46th. 68% more than Australia
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	18.57% Ranked 73th.	25.08% Ranked 51st. 35% more than Australia
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	7.14% Ranked 40th.	100% Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Australia
Internet > IP addresses (share)	1.1 Ranked 11th.	0.0 Ranked 127th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	29.07 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Cyprus	8.65 per 1 million people Ranked 23th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	11.18 per 100 mainlines Ranked 27th.	25.5 per 100 mainlines Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Newspaper journalist gender ratio	90.44 Ranked 1st. 81% more than Cyprus	50 Ranked 14th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	579.09 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Cyprus	195.55 Ranked 32nd.
Phone subscribers	1,095.01 Ranked 23th. 1% more than Cyprus	1,086.82 Ranked 24th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	45.69 Ranked 22nd. 38% more than Cyprus	33.05 Ranked 49th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	30.47$/month Ranked 10th. 51% more than Cyprus	20.13$/month Ranked 29th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	54800000000	230500000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	1,212.21 Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Cyprus	552.22 Ranked 23th.
Internet servers using encryption	26,517 Ranked 6th. 55 times more than Cyprus	481 Ranked 44th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	563.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 2% more than Cyprus	554.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th.	3.39 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 35% more than Australia
Internet > Linux web servers per million	32.61 Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Cyprus	3.12 Ranked 51st.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.224 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 14th.	0.548 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Australia
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	0.53% Ranked 100th.	18.91% Ranked 35th. 36 times more than Australia
Telephone lines	9.37 million Ranked 21st. 24 times more than Cyprus	388,747 Ranked 95th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.14 million Ranked 16th. 36 times more than Cyprus	141,152 Ranked 70th.

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