Media Stats: compare key data on Australia & Latvia

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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.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio 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.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
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.
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.
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.
Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
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.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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.
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.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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 > 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.
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.
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.
Television broadcast stations per million: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 > 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.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port: Time to port days.
Belarus had range specified: 0-3

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Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.
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Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
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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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
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.
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.
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 > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone system > Regulation: The year that the nation established an industry regulator for its telecommunication providers. "n/a" indicates that no regulator has been established.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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.
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.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Television > Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists: Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists (headcounts).
Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Radio > Radio only broadcast journalist gender ratio: Sex ratio (F/M) of radio only broadcast journalists (headcounts).
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.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation 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.
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.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
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.
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."
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."
Television > Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists (Headcounts): Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists (headcounts).
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 > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: 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.
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 > 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.
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).
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
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.

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STAT	Australia	Latvia
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	several national and regional commercial TV stations are foreign-owned, 2 national TV stations are publicly-owned; system supplemented by privately-owned regional and local TV stations; cable and satellite multi-channel TV services with domestic and foreign broadcasts are available; publicly-owned broadcaster operates 4 radio networks with dozens of stations throughout the country; dozens of private broadcasters also operate radio stations
Households with television	96.28% Ranked 15th.	98% Ranked 4th. 2% more than Australia
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	253.18 Ranked 30th. 7% more than Latvia	237.52 Ranked 35th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	82.35 Ranked 24th. 11% more than Latvia	74 Ranked 38th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	814.36 Ranked 26th. 9% more than Latvia	744.46 Ranked 37th.
Internet > Users per 1000	534.83 Ranked 29th. 3% more than Latvia	517.11 Ranked 32nd.
Internet users	15.81 million Ranked 25th. 11 times more than Latvia	1.5 million Ranked 30th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>AAP - Australian Associated Press</p> </p>ABC News - public broadcaster's news site</p>	<p>LETA - English-language pages</p> </p>BNS (Baltic News Service)</p> </p>Delfi - news portal, in Latvian and Russian</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17528622">Full Article</a>
Personal computers > Per capita	682.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Latvia	216.62 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th.
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>Latvian Radio - public; four national networks</p> </p>Radio SWH - commercial</p> </p>Star FM - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17528622">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	106.19 Ranked 95th. 3% more than Latvia	103.38 Ranked 100th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,040.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 6% more than Latvia	981.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 42nd.
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>Latvian Television (LTV) - public, operates LTV1 and LTV7</p> </p>Latvian Independent Television (LNT) - main terrestrial commercial TV</p> </p>TV3 Latvia - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17528622">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	548.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 10% more than Latvia	497.96 per 1,000 people Ranked 21st.
Televisions per 1000	510.17 Ranked 23th.	524.65 Ranked 19th. 3% more than Australia
Personal computers per 1000	681.66 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Latvia	216.62 Ranked 36th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1	AM 8, FM 56, shortwave 1
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	155.07 Ranked 26th. 1% more than Latvia	154.11 Ranked 27th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 30% more than Latvia	1,131.32 per 1,000 people Ranked 40th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	550.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 28th. 6% more than Latvia	520.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 33th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	461.61 Ranked 22nd. 87% more than Latvia	247.35 Ranked 67th.
Televisions	10.15 million Ranked 21st. 8 times more than Latvia	1.22 million Ranked 75th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	477.63 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 68% more than Latvia	284.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 40th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	70.78 Ranked 19th. 17% more than Latvia	60.44 Ranked 31st.
Internet > Internet users	18.13 million Ranked 28th. 11 times more than Latvia	1.62 million Ranked 101st.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	160.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd. 17% more than Latvia	137.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 27th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	120,000 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 53 times more than Latvia	2,248 Mbps Ranked 44th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	5,902.9 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Latvia	971.99 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 32nd.
Personal computers	13.72 million Ranked 12th. 27 times more than Latvia	501,000 Ranked 65th.
Television broadcast stations	104 Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Latvia	44 Ranked 18th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	4.15 billion min. Ranked 10th. 34 times more than Latvia	121.41 million min. Ranked 58th.
Radios per 1000	1,281.7 Ranked 6th. 69% more than Latvia	756.88 Ranked 30th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,112.09 Ranked 50th. 12% more than Latvia	994.75 Ranked 69th.
Internet > Percent using internet	82.35% Ranked 22nd. 11% more than Latvia	74% Ranked 35th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	24.49 million Ranked 40th. 11 times more than Latvia	2.31 million Ranked 128th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	1.38 per capita Ranked 5th. 92% more than Latvia	0.718 per capita Ranked 32nd.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	414.16 Ranked 29th. 45% more than Latvia	285.61 Ranked 52nd.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	561.91 Ranked 9th. 77% more than Latvia	317.76 Ranked 38th.
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>Diena - daily</p> </p>Neatkariga Rita Avize (NRA) - broadsheet, in Latvian</p> </p>Dienas Bizness - business tabloid in Latvian, affiliated to Diena</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17528622">Full Article</a>
Cinema attendance	80 million Ranked 14th. 58 times more than Latvia	1.38 million Ranked 58th.
Telephone system > General assessment	excellent domestic and international service	recent efforts focused on bringing competition to the telecommunications sector; the number of fixed lines is decreasing as mobile-cellular telephone service expands
Cinema attendance per capita	4.02 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Latvia	0.591 Ranked 42nd.
Television receivers per 1000	548.14 Ranked 13th. 9% more than Latvia	501.47 Ranked 22nd.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	43 Ranked 32nd. 7 times more than Latvia	6 Ranked 70th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	2,160.89 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Latvia	757.14 Ranked 47th.
Average cost of local call	0.11 Ranked 26th. The same as Latvia	0.11 Ranked 20th.
Internet > Users	11.24 million Ranked 24th. 10 times more than Latvia	1.18 million Ranked 71st.
Internet > Internet penetration	82.3% Ranked 25th. 11% more than Latvia	74% Ranked 40th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	903.17 Ranked 28th. 11% more than Latvia	813.56 Ranked 36th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,072.93 Ranked 92nd.	1,140.47 Ranked 79th. 6% more than Australia
Telecoms > Telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 21 times more than Latvia	501,000 Ranked 96th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd. 11 times more than Latvia	2.31 million Ranked 136th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	571 Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Latvia	41 Ranked 29th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.74 million Ranked 18th. 12 times more than Latvia	481,100 Ranked 70th.
Cinemas > Per capita	0.092 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 92% more than Latvia	0.048 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	10.57 million Ranked 20th. 20 times more than Latvia	516,300 Ranked 97th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	45.43 Ranked 22nd. 87% more than Latvia	24.32 Ranked 66th.
Radio receivers per 1000	1,377.11 Ranked 5th. 90% more than Latvia	723.43 Ranked 29th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	906.1 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th. 11% more than Latvia	813.56 per 1,000 people Ranked 38th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	520.66 Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Latvia	97.12 Ranked 44th.
Number of PCs per million	681.66 Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Latvia	216.62 Ranked 36th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	24.34 million Ranked 42nd. 11 times more than Latvia	2.31 million Ranked 135th.
Radio receivers	25.5 million Ranked 16th. 14 times more than Latvia	1.76 million Ranked 91st.
Cinema > Number of cinemas	494 Ranked 15th. 12 times more than Latvia	42 Ranked 44th.
Television receivers	10.15 million Ranked 20th. 8 times more than Latvia	1.22 million Ranked 74th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	5.62 per 1 million people Ranked 24th.	17.5 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.68$ Ranked 105th.	1.63$ Ranked 54th. 2 times more than Australia
Mobile phone subscribers	18.42 million Ranked 23th. 10 times more than Latvia	1.87 million Ranked 80th.
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 - 371; the Latvian network is now connected via fiber optic cable to Estonia, Finland, and Sweden
Internet > ISP	571 Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Latvia	41 Ranked 7th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	103.1 Ranked 31st.	113.35 Ranked 29th. 10% more than Australia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	10.47 million Ranked 19th. 21 times more than Latvia	501,000 Ranked 95th.
Radios	25.5 million Ranked 16th. 14 times more than Latvia	1.76 million Ranked 91st.
Internet > Hosts	11.13 million Ranked 6th. 51 times more than Latvia	220,082 Ranked 57th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	88 million Ranked 9th. 63 times more than Latvia	1.4 million Ranked 39th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	160.97 Ranked 22nd. 17% more than Latvia	137.8 Ranked 27th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	4.65 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Latvia	0.586 Ranked 34th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	5,883.85 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Latvia	971.97 Mbps Ranked 32nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	3.11 million Ranked 19th. 9 times more than Latvia	356,800 Ranked 45th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	49 Ranked 30th. 2 times more than Latvia	23 Ranked 42nd.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	9.3% Ranked 46th.	16.67% Ranked 39th. 79% more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	3.08 million Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Latvia	327,000 Ranked 41st.
Internet > Top level domain	.au	.lv
Television > Total number of channels	6 Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Latvia	2 Ranked 26th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	1.93 Ranked 48th.	2.92 Ranked 33th. 51% more than Australia
Television > Total number of channels per million people	0.294 Ranked 49th.	0.874 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	154.71 Ranked 27th. About the same as Latvia	154.27 Ranked 28th.
Telephone system > Domestic	domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones	number of telecommunications operators has grown rapidly since the fixed-line market opened to competition in 2003; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular subscribership roughly 150 per 100 persons
Internet country code	.au	.lv
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	163.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 8th. About the same as Latvia	163.64 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 16th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	213.77 min. Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Latvia	52.5 min. Ranked 39th.
Telephone mainlines	11.46 million Ranked 18th. 16 times more than Latvia	731,000 Ranked 72nd.
Cinemas	1,748 Ranked 5th. 15 times more than Latvia	115 Ranked 28th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	103.44 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd.	113.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 30th. 10% more than Australia
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	22.82$/month Ranked 85th. 83% more than Latvia	12.48$/month Ranked 130th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	213.77 min. per capita Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Latvia	52.5 min. per capita Ranked 39th.
Cinema > Number of cinemas per million people	23.87 Ranked 18th. 30% more than Latvia	18.36 Ranked 25th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	90.7% Ranked 14th. 9% more than Latvia	83.33% Ranked 21st.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	22.12 million Ranked 33th. 10 times more than Latvia	2.23 million Ranked 110th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	2.1 million Ranked 14th. 8 times more than Latvia	260,770 Ranked 41st.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	28.7 Ranked 20th. 63% more than Latvia	17.63 Ranked 29th.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	23.57 Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Latvia	10.92 Ranked 14th.
Cinemas per million	92.36 Ranked 4th. 92% more than Latvia	48.11 Ranked 15th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	48 Ranked 27th. 85% more than Latvia	26 Ranked 39th.
Internet > IP addresses	47.57 million Ranked 11th. 29 times more than Latvia	1.66 million Ranked 69th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	21.51 Ranked 41st.	891.51 Ranked 6th. 41 times more than Australia
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	159000000	15000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	23.98 Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Latvia	8.83 Ranked 53th.
Number of PCs	13,720 Ranked 11th. 27 times more than Latvia	501 Ranked 65th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	461.61 Ranked 25th. 87% more than Latvia	247.35 Ranked 72nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	21.18 million Ranked 15th. 19 times more than Latvia	1.12 million Ranked 68th.
Television broadcast stations per million	5.62 Ranked 28th.	17.71 Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Australia
Radio > Total number of channels	70 Ranked 15th. 56% more than Latvia	45 Ranked 22nd.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions	130.5 Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Latvia	27 Ranked 22nd.
Cinemas > Seats	446,000 Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Latvia	26,100 Ranked 22nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	97 Ranked 26th.	201 Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Australia
Internet > TLD	.au	.lv
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	103.21 Ranked 56th. 5% more than Latvia	98.58 Ranked 65th.
Internet > Livejournal users	34,142 Ranked 5th. 39 times more than Latvia	874 Ranked 34th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	11,986 Ranked 6th. 114 times more than Latvia	105 Ranked 60th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.15 Ranked 17th.	3.4 Ranked 8th. 58% more than Australia
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	48 Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Latvia	7 Ranked 33th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	4.65 per capita Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Latvia	0.586 per capita Ranked 34th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	19.89 Ranked 31st.	739.15 Ranked 5th. 37 times more than Australia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port	1 days Ranked 6th.	10 days Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Australia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price	free	Free
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2001.09.25	2007.??.??
Telecommunications > Country calling code	61	371
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,465.08 Ranked 16th. 30% more than Latvia	1,131.31 Ranked 37th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	96.2% Ranked 6th. 88% more than Latvia	51.2% Ranked 29th.
E-Government rating	58.3 Ranked 6th. 24% more than Latvia	46.9 Ranked 49th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	96% Ranked 36th.	98.4% Ranked 24th. 3% more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	2.51 Ranked 38th.	10.96 Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Australia
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	83.33% Ranked 16th.	100% Ranked 6th. 20% more than Australia
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	584.09 per 1 million people Ranked 12th. 13 times more than Latvia	45.92 per 1 million people Ranked 61st.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.0981 Number Ranked 39th.	0.0 Ranked 70th.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people	3.43 Ranked 25th.	19.56 Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Australia
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	9.37 million Ranked 24th. 15 times more than Latvia	644,000 Ranked 92nd.
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions	99.24% Ranked 8th. 3% more than Latvia	96.43% Ranked 25th.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	0.76% Ranked 62nd.	3.57% Ranked 45th. 5 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	5.06 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.	84.74 per 1 million people Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	5.06 Ranked 38th.	84.7 Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Australia
Internet > Livejournal users per million	1,696.29 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Latvia	377.89 Ranked 41st.
Website defacements	156 Ranked 12th. 39 times more than Latvia	4 Ranked 86th.
Internet > Linux web servers	633 Ranked 6th. 58 times more than Latvia	11 Ranked 50th.
Website defacements per million	8.04 Ranked 20th. 5 times more than Latvia	1.7 Ranked 67th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	1.6$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 125th.	118.65$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 49th. 74 times more than Australia
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.035$ per 1 million people Ranked 97th.	0.705$ per 1 million people Ranked 29th. 20 times more than Australia
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$2.21 billion Ranked 23th. 10 times more than Latvia	$216.90 million Ranked 51st.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL B/SEC D
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1997	1994
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,469.82 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 30% more than Latvia	1,131.32 per 1,000 people Ranked 40th.
Telephone system > Regulation	1992	1992
Telephone subscribers	29.88 million Ranked 19th. 11 times more than Latvia	2.6 million Ranked 70th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	506.24 Ranked 39th.	586.53 Ranked 28th. 16% more than Australia
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	5.71% GDP Ranked 17th. 4 times more than Latvia	1.52% GDP Ranked 75th.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL G/SEC <a href=/encyclopedia/Kelvin>K</a>
Internet > Linux web servers per million	32.61 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Latvia	4.67 Ranked 42nd.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	25.06 Ranked 31st. 16% more than Latvia	21.53 Ranked 41st.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,724.46 Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Latvia	274.5 Ranked 46th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	435 Ranked 19th. 90% more than Latvia	229 Ranked 28th.
Television > Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists	0.0 Ranked 38th.	2.18 Ranked 1st.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	2 Number Ranked 32nd.	0.0 Ranked 72nd.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	29.07 per 1 million people Ranked 1st. 67% more than Latvia	17.38 per 1 million people Ranked 4th.
Royalties and fees	$17.90 Ranked 17th. 18 times more than Latvia	$1.00 Ranked 34th.
Radio > Radio only broadcast journalist gender ratio	0.0 Ranked 40th.	2.11 Ranked 4th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.43 Ranked 70th.	9.94 Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than Australia
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	7.14% Ranked 40th.	15.56% Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	433,000 Ranked 29th.	2.06 million Ranked 16th. 5 times more than Australia
Phone system > International dialling code	+61	+ 371
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	951.6 Ranked 6th. 85% more than Latvia	515.4 Ranked 29th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	530.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Latvia	98.01 per 1,000 people Ranked 52nd.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	21.32% Ranked 88th.	25.84% Ranked 70th. 21% more than Australia
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.224 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 14th. 19% more than Latvia	0.189 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 26th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	19.1% Ranked 77th.	20.34% Ranked 75th. 6% more than Australia
Telephone lines	9.37 million Ranked 21st. 15 times more than Latvia	644,000 Ranked 85th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	5.14 million Ranked 16th. 26 times more than Latvia	200,000 Ranked 64th.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	10.05% Ranked 25th. 51% more than Latvia	6.65% Ranked 52nd.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	1.45% Ranked 63th.	5.14% Ranked 33th. 4 times more than Australia
Television > Sex ratio of television only broadcast journalists (Headcounts)	0.0 Ranked 38th.	2.18 Number Ranked 1st.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	18.57% Ranked 73th.	20.45% Ranked 68th. 10% more than Australia
Internet > ISP per million	29.06 Ranked 2nd. 67% more than Latvia	17.41 Ranked 4th.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	1.1 Ranked 11th.	0.0 Ranked 106th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	19.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 31st.	739.46 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 37 times more than Australia
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	579.09 Ranked 12th. 13 times more than Latvia	45.89 Ranked 58th.
Phone subscribers	1,095.01 Ranked 23th. 86% more than Latvia	587.66 Ranked 47th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	11.18 per 100 mainlines Ranked 27th.	20.26 per 100 mainlines Ranked 38th. 81% more than Australia
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	23.57 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Latvia	10.92 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,072.93 Ranked 90th.	1,140.47 Ranked 75th. 6% more than Australia
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	43.72 Ranked 28th. 54% more than Latvia	28.42 Ranked 59th.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	18.33$/month Ranked 29th. 93% more than Latvia	9.48$/month Ranked 107th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	45.69 Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Latvia	22.42 Ranked 70th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	54800000000	136000000
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	30.47$/month Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Latvia	13.3$/month Ranked 55th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	1,212.21 Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Latvia	114.41 Ranked 47th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	2.51 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.	10.96 per 1 million people Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Australia
Internet servers using encryption	26,517 Ranked 6th. 103 times more than Latvia	258 Ranked 58th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	563.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 77% more than Latvia	317.76 per 1,000 people Ranked 38th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 56% more than Latvia	1.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 41st.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	0.53% Ranked 100th.	11.45% Ranked 59th. 22 times more than Australia
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	381,000 Ranked 25th.	1.75 million Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Australia
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	21.61 Ranked 45th.	99.01 Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Australia

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