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Media Stats: compare key data on Australia & Puerto Rico

Definitions

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
  • Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
     
     
  • 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 > 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Telecommunications investment > Current LCU: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million 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.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • 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.
STAT Australia Puerto Rico HISTORY
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 more than 30 television stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations operating
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,469.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 51% more than Puerto Rico
974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.

Households with television 96.28%
Ranked 15th.
97.03%
Ranked 16th. 1% more than Australia

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 253.18
Ranked 30th. 68% more than Puerto Rico
151.07
Ranked 51st.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 82.35
Ranked 24th. 60% more than Puerto Rico
51.41
Ranked 79th.

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 814.36
Ranked 26th. 58% more than Puerto Rico
516.45
Ranked 82nd.
Internet > Users per 1000 534.83
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
264.34
Ranked 65th.

Internet users 15.81 million
Ranked 25th. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
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&#039;s external service, targeted at Asia-Pacific</p> </p>SBS Radio - public, multilingual</p> <p>WIAC 740 - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WAPA - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WIPR &#039;Radio 940&#039; - public</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 106.19
Ranked 95th. 30% more than Puerto Rico
81.75
Ranked 136th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 1,040.41 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 21% more than Puerto Rico
857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th.

Television > List of TV stations <p>ABC - national, public</p> </p>ABC News 24 - ABC&#039;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>Telemundo (channel 2) - commercial</p> </p>WAPA (channel 4) - commercial</p> </p>Univision (channel 11) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 548.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 12th. Twice as much as Puerto Rico
273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.

Televisions per 1000 510.17
Ranked 23th. 91% more than Puerto Rico
266.85
Ranked 63th.
Internet > Users > Per capita 550.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 461.61
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
212.77
Ranked 76th.

Televisions 10.15 million
Ranked 21st. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
1.02 million
Ranked 80th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 477.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 80% more than Puerto Rico
265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th.

Internet users > Per 100 people 70.78
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
25.29
Ranked 83th.

Internet > Internet users 18.13 million
Ranked 28th. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
Television broadcast stations 104
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
32
Ranked 14th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 4.15 billion min.
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th.

Radios per 1000 1,281.7
Ranked 6th. 82% more than Puerto Rico
705.68
Ranked 34th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,112.09
Ranked 50th. 53% more than Puerto Rico
726.12
Ranked 107th.

Internet > Percent using internet 82.35%
Ranked 22nd. 60% more than Puerto Rico
51.41%
Ranked 78th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 24.49 million
Ranked 40th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
3.11 million
Ranked 121st.

Radio receivers > Per capita 1.38 per capita
Ranked 5th. 90% more than Puerto Rico
0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th.

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 414.16
Ranked 29th. 78% more than Puerto Rico
232.62
Ranked 70th.

Telephone mainlines per 1000 561.91
Ranked 9th. 93% more than Puerto Rico
290.55
Ranked 51st.

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>El Nuevo Dia - daily</p> </p>Primera Hora - daily</p> </p>El Vocero de Puerto Rico - daily</p>
Telephone system > General assessment excellent domestic and international service modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 548.14
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
271.58
Ranked 53th.

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 43
Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Puerto Rico
10
Ranked 63th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 2,160.89
Ranked 14th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
250.24
Ranked 91st.
Internet > Users 11.24 million
Ranked 24th. 11 times more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 76th.

Internet > Internet penetration 82.3%
Ranked 25th. 60% more than Puerto Rico
51.4%
Ranked 83th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 903.17
Ranked 28th. 29% more than Puerto Rico
700.83
Ranked 44th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,072.93
Ranked 92nd. 29% more than Puerto Rico
834.48
Ranked 133th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines 10.47 million
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 86th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 24.34 million
Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
3.06 million
Ranked 129th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 571
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
76
Ranked 13th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 5.74 million
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
558,054
Ranked 65th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 10.57 million
Ranked 20th. 13 times more than Puerto Rico
826,100
Ranked 87th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 45.43
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
19.12
Ranked 87th.

Radio receivers per 1000 1,377.11
Ranked 5th. 92% more than Puerto Rico
718.19
Ranked 32nd.

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 906.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 30th. 32% more than Puerto Rico
688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th.

Internet > Hosts per 1000 520.66
Ranked 9th. 4847 times more than Puerto Rico
0.107
Ranked 154th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 24.34 million
Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
3.05 million
Ranked 129th.

Radio receivers 25.5 million
Ranked 16th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
2.7 million
Ranked 80th.

Television receivers 10.15 million
Ranked 20th. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
1.02 million
Ranked 78th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 5.62 per 1 million people
Ranked 24th.
8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 45% more than Australia

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.68$
Ranked 105th.
0.87$
Ranked 138th. 28% more than Australia
Mobile phone subscribers 18.42 million
Ranked 23th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico
2.68 million
Ranked 66th.

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 - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 571
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
76
Ranked 4th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 103.1
Ranked 31st. 17 times more than Puerto Rico
5.95
Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 10.47 million
Ranked 19th. 13 times more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 85th.

Radios 25.5 million
Ranked 16th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
2.7 million
Ranked 81st.
Internet > Hosts 11.13 million
Ranked 6th. 27559 times more than Puerto Rico
404
Ranked 162nd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 49
Ranked 30th. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
5
Ranked 91st.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 3.11 million
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico
475,000
Ranked 61st.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 9.3%
Ranked 46th.
10%
Ranked 45th. 7% more than Australia

Internet > Top level domain .au .pr
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 1.93
Ranked 48th.
2.71
Ranked 36th. 41% more than Australia

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 154.71
Ranked 27th. 21% more than Puerto Rico
127.53
Ranked 51st.
Telephone system > Domestic domestic satellite system; significant use of radiotelephone in areas of low population density; rapid growth of mobile telephones digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .au .pr
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 213.77 min.
Ranked 21st.
449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Australia

Telephone mainlines 11.46 million
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
1.11 million
Ranked 66th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 103.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 18 times more than Puerto Rico
5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 213.77 min. per capita
Ranked 19th.
449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Australia

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 90.7%
Ranked 14th. 1% more than Puerto Rico
90%
Ranked 15th.

Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.12 million
Ranked 33th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico
3.35 million
Ranked 68th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 2.1 million
Ranked 14th. 93 times more than Puerto Rico
22,732
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 28.7
Ranked 20th. 44% more than Puerto Rico
19.86
Ranked 26th.
Internet > IP addresses 47.57 million
Ranked 11th. 48 times more than Puerto Rico
1 million
Ranked 78th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 159000000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 23.98
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Puerto Rico
5.42
Ranked 66th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 461.61
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
212.77
Ranked 81st.

Television broadcast stations per million 5.62
Ranked 28th.
8.41
Ranked 13th. 50% more than Australia

Internet > TLD .au .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 103.21
Ranked 56th. 20% more than Puerto Rico
85.76
Ranked 34th.

Internet > Livejournal users 34,142
Ranked 5th. 92 times more than Puerto Rico
370
Ranked 55th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 11,986
Ranked 6th. 92 times more than Puerto Rico
130
Ranked 57th.

Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,465.08
Ranked 16th. 48% more than Puerto Rico
991.38
Ranked 47th.

Population covered by mobile telephony 96%
Ranked 36th.
100%
Ranked 1st. 4% more than Australia

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 584.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico
33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 9.37 million
Ranked 24th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
1.04 million
Ranked 78th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 1,696.29
Ranked 15th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico
96.68
Ranked 70th.
Internet > Linux web servers 633
Ranked 6th. 58 times more than Puerto Rico
11
Ranked 49th.
Website defacements per million 8.04
Ranked 20th. 31 times more than Puerto Rico
0.262
Ranked 106th.
Website defacements 156
Ranked 12th. 156 times more than Puerto Rico
1
Ranked 114th.
Internet > ISP per million 29.06
Ranked 2nd. 46% more than Puerto Rico
19.94
Ranked 19th.
Telephone subscribers 29.88 million
Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
3.79 million
Ranked 67th.

Telephone subscribers per employee 506.24
Ranked 39th. 7% more than Puerto Rico
474.61
Ranked 22nd.

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 5.71% GDP
Ranked 17th. 49% more than Puerto Rico
3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st.

Television standard > UHF PAL G NTSC M
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 25.06
Ranked 31st. 68% more than Puerto Rico
14.9
Ranked 51st.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 1,724.46
Ranked 12th. 15 times more than Puerto Rico
112.9
Ranked 68th.

Phone subscribers 1,095.01
Ranked 23th. 70% more than Puerto Rico
642.87
Ranked 45th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 579.09
Ranked 12th. 17 times more than Puerto Rico
34.16
Ranked 65th.

Internet > ISP > Per capita 29.07 per 1 million people
Ranked 1st. 46% more than Puerto Rico
19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 0.53%
Ranked 100th.
23.65%
Ranked 102nd. 45 times more than Australia

Phone system > International dialling code +61 +1787
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,469.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 18th. 51% more than Puerto Rico
974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 530.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 10th. 5196 times more than Puerto Rico
0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.

Telephone lines 9.37 million
Ranked 21st. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
1.04 million
Ranked 72nd.

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 5.14 million
Ranked 16th. 24 times more than Puerto Rico
214,163
Ranked 62nd.

Television standard > VHF PAL B NTSC M
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 11.18 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 27th.
62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th. 6 times more than Australia

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.43
Ranked 70th. 86% more than Puerto Rico
1.31
Ranked 96th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,072.93
Ranked 90th. 29% more than Puerto Rico
831.64
Ranked 131st.

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 43.72
Ranked 28th. 67% more than Puerto Rico
26.25
Ranked 63th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 45.69
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
20.84
Ranked 78th.

Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 30.47$/month
Ranked 10th.
33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 10% more than Australia
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 54800000000 2598000000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 1,212.21
Ranked 7th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico
61.5
Ranked 63th.

Internet servers using encryption 26,517
Ranked 6th. 109 times more than Puerto Rico
244
Ranked 59th.

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 563.73 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 97% more than Puerto Rico
285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 2.52 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 90% more than Puerto Rico
1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 1.6$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 125th.
16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th. 10 times more than Australia

Internet > Linux web servers per million 32.61
Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Puerto Rico
2.88
Ranked 53th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 1.1
Ranked 11th.
0.0
Ranked 97th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.035$ per 1 million people
Ranked 97th.
0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th. 7 times more than Australia

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