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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.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ 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.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
Films produced per million: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
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.
Music > Share of all albums sold: Share of album sales in domestic music industries during 1990-2000.
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.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
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.
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 > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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 per million: . 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."
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.
Internet > Broadband access: DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30)
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.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access: For the OECD member countries and China, total communication access paths are the total of fixed lines (standard analogue access lines and ISDN lines) plus the number of DSL, cable modem subscribers and mobile telephone subscribers. For Brazil, India, Russian Federation and South Africa, total communication access paths are the sum of main telephone lines in operation, ISDN lines, DSL and cable modem subscribers and cellular mobile telephone subscribers.
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 > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Telecommunications > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
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.
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.
Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet > 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.
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 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 faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Price basket for mobile > US$ 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.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
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 > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
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.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
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.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue: Telecommunications investment refers to the expenditure associated with acquiring the ownership of telecommunication equipment infrastructure (including supporting land and buildings and intellectual and non-tangible property such as computer software). These include expenditure on initial installations and on additions to existing installations.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ 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 > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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.

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STAT	Belgium	Mexico
Broadcast media	a segmented market with the three major communities (Flemish, French, and German-speaking) each having responsibility for their own broadcast media; multiple TV channels exist for each community; additionally, in excess of 90% of households are connected to cable and can access broadcasts of TV stations from neighboring countries; each community has a public radio network co-existing with private broadcasters	many TV stations and more than 1,400 radio stations with most privately owned; the Televisa group once had a virtual monopoly in TV broadcasting, but new broadcasting groups and foreign satellite and cable operators are now available
Households with television	98% Ranked 5th. 6% more than Mexico	92.7% Ranked 13th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	330.21 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Mexico	105.23 Ranked 73th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	82 Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Mexico	38.42 Ranked 107th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	819.54 Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Mexico	380.08 Ranked 111th.
Internet > Users per 1000	491.26 Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Mexico	200.93 Ranked 81st.
Internet users	8.11 million Ranked 11th.	31.02 million Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Belgium
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Belga Press Agency</p> </p>Flandersnews.be - English-language news site of Dutch-language public broadcaster</p>	<p>Notimex - state-run</p> </p>El Universal - private</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	348.04 per 1,000 people Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Mexico	135.81 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th.
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>RTBF - French-language public broadcaster; stations include La Premiere, Classic 21, and external service RTBF International</p> </p>VRT - Dutch-language public broadcaster; stations include Radio 1, Studio Brussel and external Radio Vlaanderen International (RVI)</p> </p>Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) - German-language broadcaster</p>	<p>Grupo ACIR - has stations in Mexico City and across the country</p> </p>MVS Radio - operates in the capital and elsewhere</p> </p>Nucleo Radio Mil - operates several mediumwave (AM) and FM stations in Mexico City</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	119.39 Ranked 64th. 38% more than Mexico	86.77 Ranked 132nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	984.39 per 1,000 people Ranked 41st. 57% more than Mexico	627.91 per 1,000 people Ranked 81st.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>RTBF - French-language public broadcaster</p> </p>VRT - Dutch-language public broadcaster</p> </p>VTM - Dutch-language commercial broadcaster</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17208922">Full Article</a>	<p>Televisa - Mexico's TV giant, operates four networks and has many local affiliates</p> </p>TV Azteca - main competitor of Televisa, operates two networks and local stations</p> </p>Once TV - Canal 11 - Canal 11 - public, educational, cultural</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita	463.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th. 70% more than Mexico	272.55 per 1,000 people Ranked 55th.
Televisions per 1000	454.89 Ranked 29th. 92% more than Mexico	236.91 Ranked 70th.
Personal computers per 1000	348.04 Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Mexico	126.43 Ranked 18th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 7, FM 79, shortwave 1	AM 850, FM 545, shortwave 15
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	164.68 Ranked 24th. 78% more than Mexico	92.76 Ranked 41st.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,336.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Mexico	649.67 per 1,000 people Ranked 64th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	502.3 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th. 2 times more than Mexico	209.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 81st.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	415.62 Ranked 34th. 2 times more than Mexico	167.3 Ranked 99th.
Televisions	4.72 million Ranked 32nd.	25.6 million Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Belgium
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	449.18 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Mexico	181.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 62nd.
Internet users > Per 100 people	68.1 Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Mexico	22.16 Ranked 96th.
Internet > Internet users	8.56 million Ranked 43th.	44.17 million Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Belgium
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	152.95 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 62% more than Mexico	94.43 per 1,000 people Ranked 37th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	117,535 Mbps Ranked 11th. 10 times more than Mexico	11,238 Mbps Ranked 30th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	11,278.54 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 5th. 102 times more than Mexico	110.12 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 63th.
Personal computers	3.63 million Ranked 30th.	14 million Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Belgium
Television broadcast stations	25 Ranked 19th.	236 Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Belgium
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	3.24 billion min. Ranked 15th.	12.13 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Belgium
Radios per 1000	778.23 Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Mexico	286.89 Ranked 108th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,150.28 Ranked 48th. 60% more than Mexico	717.45 Ranked 110th.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$24.23 billion Ranked 22nd.	$45.33 billion Ranked 14th. 87% more than Belgium
Internet > Percent using internet	82% Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Mexico	38.42% Ranked 108th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	12.54 million Ranked 59th.	94.56 million Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Belgium
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.793 per capita Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Mexico	0.33 per capita Ranked 87th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	0.394 Ranked 192nd.	166.85 Ranked 93th. 423 times more than Belgium
Telephone mainlines per 1000	460.7 Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Mexico	176.21 Ranked 67th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Het Nieuwsblad - Dutch-language daily</p> </p>Het Laatste Nieuws - Dutch-language daily</p> </p>Le Soir - French-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17208922">Full Article</a>	<p>Excelsior - established daily</p> </p>La Jornada - daily</p> </p>Reforma - influential daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18095250">Full Article</a>
Films produced	23 Ranked 29th.	54 Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Belgium
Cinema attendance	21.87 million Ranked 20th.	120 million Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Belgium
Telephone system > General assessment	highly developed, technologically advanced, and completely automated domestic and international telephone and telegraph facilities	adequate telephone service for business and government; improving quality and increasing mobile cellular availability, with mobile subscribers far outnumbering fixed-line subscribers; domestic satellite system with 120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network; considerable use of fiber-optic cable and coaxial cable
Cinema attendance per capita	2.11 Ranked 17th. 90% more than Mexico	1.11 Ranked 32nd.
Television receivers per 1000	463.6 Ranked 26th. 79% more than Mexico	258.67 Ranked 58th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	47 Ranked 26th.	73 Ranked 21st. 55% more than Belgium
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,068.08 Ranked 35th. 5 times more than Mexico	224.94 Ranked 96th.
Average cost of local call	0.13 Ranked 13th.	0.16 Ranked 7th. 23% more than Belgium
Internet > Users	5.22 million Ranked 37th.	22.81 million Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Belgium
Internet > Internet penetration	82% Ranked 27th. 2 times more than Mexico	38.4% Ranked 113th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	902.79 Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Mexico	428.62 Ranked 73th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,155.89 Ranked 73th. 39% more than Mexico	833.99 Ranked 134th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines	4.63 million Ranked 32nd.	20.22 million Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Belgium
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	12.88 million Ranked 66th.	100.79 million Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Belgium
Internet > Internet Service Providers	61 Ranked 17th. 20% more than Mexico	51 Ranked 20th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	3.68 million Ranked 23th.	12.72 million Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Belgium
Cinemas > Per capita	0.045 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 88% more than Mexico	0.024 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	4.63 million Ranked 33th.	19.68 million Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Belgium
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	41.9 Ranked 31st. 3 times more than Mexico	16.73 Ranked 99th.
Active military personnel	38,452 Ranked 54th.	267,506 Ranked 11th. 7 times more than Belgium
Radio receivers per 1000	793.13 Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Mexico	313.23 Ranked 91st.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	902.79 per 1,000 people Ranked 32nd. 96% more than Mexico	460.4 per 1,000 people Ranked 73th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	358.64 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Mexico	92.66 Ranked 46th.
Number of PCs per million	348.04 Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Mexico	102.49 Ranked 66th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	12.31 million Ranked 68th.	100.73 million Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Belgium
Radio receivers	8.07 million Ranked 39th.	31 million Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Belgium
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	11.82 million Ranked 49th.	92.9 million Ranked 14th. 8 times more than Belgium
Television receivers	4.72 million Ranked 31st.	25.6 million Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Belgium
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	2.46 per 1 million people Ranked 41st.	2.51 per 1 million people Ranked 39th. 2% more than Belgium
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.75$ Ranked 91st.	0.83$ Ranked 10th. 11% more than Belgium
Mobile phone subscribers	9.46 million Ranked 39th.	47.46 million Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Belgium
Telephone system > International	country code - 32; landing point for a number of submarine cables that provide links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 7 (Intelsat - 3)	country code - 52; Columbus-2 fiber-optic submarine cable with access to the US, Virgin Islands, Canary Islands, Spain, and Italy; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) and the MAYA-1 submarine cable system together provide access to Central America, parts of South America and the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 120 (32 Intelsat, 2 Solidaridad (giving Mexico improved access to South America, Central America, and much of the US as well as enhancing domestic communications), 1 Panamsat, numerous Inmarsat mobile earth stations); linked to Central American Microwave System of trunk connections
Internet > ISP	61 Ranked 7th. 20% more than Mexico	51 Ranked 10th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	191.33 Ranked 12th. 9 times more than Mexico	20.81 Ranked 52nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	4.63 million Ranked 32nd.	20.22 million Ranked 14th. 4 times more than Belgium
Radios	8.07 million Ranked 40th.	31 million Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Belgium
Films produced per million	2.22 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Mexico	0.5 Ranked 38th.
Internet > Hosts	3.84 million Ranked 16th.	10.65 million Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Belgium
Cinemas > Annual attendance	21.9 million Ranked 13th.	120 million Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Belgium
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	152.96 Ranked 24th. 72% more than Mexico	89.06 Ranked 37th.
Mobile phones	78.63 per 100 people Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Mexico	25.45 per 100 people Ranked 36th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	2.14 Ranked 14th. 83% more than Mexico	1.17 Ranked 26th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	11,278.52 Mbps Ranked 5th. 110 times more than Mexico	102.74 Mbps Ranked 63th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	29 Ranked 39th.	300 Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Belgium
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	1.71 million Ranked 29th.	9.25 million Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Belgium
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	80.85% Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Mexico	19.18% Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	1.57 million Ranked 24th.	9.25 million Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Belgium
Internet > Top level domain	.be	.mx
Television > Total number of channels	19 Ranked 2nd.	272 Ranked 5th. 14 times more than Belgium
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.058$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 42nd. 76% more than Mexico	0.033$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 65th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	4.35 Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Mexico	0.612 Ranked 68th.
Music > Share of all albums sold	0.7-0.8	2.1-4.6
Television > Total number of channels per million people	1.79 Ranked 3rd.	2.46 Ranked 21st. 37% more than Belgium
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	163.71 Ranked 25th. 84% more than Mexico	89.06 Ranked 43th.
Telephone system > Domestic	nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system; extensive cable network; limited microwave radio relay network	despite the opening to competition in January 1997, Telmex remains dominant; Fixed-line teledensity is less than 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity is about 80 per 100 persons
Internet country code	.be	.mx
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	328.59 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 6th. 20 times more than Mexico	16.44 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 80th.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000	$1.19 Million US dollars Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Mexico	$0.46 Million US dollars Ranked 21st.
Telephone mainlines	4.8 million Ranked 31st.	19.51 million Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Belgium
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	316.36 min. Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Mexico	110.9 min. Ranked 23th.
Cinemas	463 Ranked 16th.	2,320 Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Belgium
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	191.33 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 9 times more than Mexico	22.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 51st.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering		No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	37.23$/month Ranked 44th. 86% more than Mexico	20.05$/month Ranked 103th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	316.34 min. per capita Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Mexico	118.87 min. per capita Ranked 22nd.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	17.02% Ranked 51st.	80.82% Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Belgium
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$2,246.13 Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Mexico	$421.98 Ranked 37th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,214.98$ per capita Ranked 16th. 8 times more than Mexico	266.46$ per capita Ranked 44th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	11.82 million Ranked 49th.	75.31 million Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Belgium
Internet > Broadband subscribers	2 million Ranked 15th.	2.3 million Ranked 13th. 15% more than Belgium
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	5.88 Ranked 51st. 12 times more than Mexico	0.472 Ranked 140th.
Cinemas per million	45.27 Ranked 16th. Twice as much as Mexico	22.67 Ranked 26th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	29 Ranked 36th.	311 Ranked 8th. 11 times more than Belgium
Internet > IP addresses	11.15 million Ranked 33th.	25.86 million Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Belgium
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	1418000000	40773000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	27.66 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Mexico	7.14 Ranked 61st.
Number of PCs	3,627 Ranked 30th.	11,210 Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Belgium
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	415.62 Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Mexico	167.3 Ranked 104th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	3.52 million Ranked 46th.	11.18 million Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Belgium
Internet > Broadband access	1.86 million Ranked 15th. 98% more than Mexico	937,000 Ranked 27th.
Television broadcast stations per million	2.46 Ranked 44th. 3% more than Mexico	2.38 Ranked 45th.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access	159.46 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 21st. 81% more than Mexico	88.22 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 30th.
Internet > TLD	.be	.mx
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	110.4 Ranked 46th. 56% more than Mexico	70.81 Ranked 102nd.
Internet > Livejournal users	1,202 Ranked 28th.	1,365 Ranked 26th. 14% more than Belgium
Internet > Secure Internet servers	1,535 Ranked 21st. 48% more than Mexico	1,038 Ranked 28th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	81.48% Ranked 27th. 1% more than Mexico	80.65% Ranked 27th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	2.48 Ranked 14th. 10 times more than Mexico	0.26 Ranked 41st.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	27 Ranked 13th.	31 Ranked 12th. 15% more than Belgium
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	2.14 per capita Ranked 14th. 72% more than Mexico	1.24 per capita Ranked 23th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2002.10.01	2008.07.05
Telecommunications > Country calling code	32	52
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,336.97 Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Mexico	604.83 Ranked 68th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	33.7% Ranked 48th. 3 times more than Mexico	9.7% Ranked 94th.
E-Government rating	45.3 Ranked 54th.	52 Ranked 15th. 15% more than Belgium
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 19th.	99.9% Ranked 12th. 1% more than Belgium
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	2.83 Ranked 31st.	2.99 Ranked 27th. 6% more than Belgium
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	31.58% Ranked 4th.	0.0 Ranked 59th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	146.39 per 1 million people Ranked 39th. 15 times more than Mexico	9.96 per 1 million people Ranked 88th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	4.46 million Ranked 34th.	20.67 million Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Belgium
Internet > Livejournal users per million	115.34 Ranked 61st. 9 times more than Mexico	12.48 Ranked 127th.
Website defacements per million	9.43 Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Mexico	3.24 Ranked 50th.
Internet > Linux web servers	60 Ranked 23th. 2 times more than Mexico	29 Ranked 38th.
Website defacements	97 Ranked 19th.	341 Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Belgium
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	337.08 Ranked 47th. 4 times more than Mexico	96.2 Ranked 94th.
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1996	1990
Internet > ISP > Per capita	5.95 per 1 million people Ranked 29th. 11 times more than Mexico	0.521 per 1 million people Ranked 86th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	47.79% Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Mexico	6.16% Ranked 123th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	38.29% Ranked 33th. 6 times more than Mexico	6.38% Ranked 125th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,336.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Mexico	649.67 per 1,000 people Ranked 66th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	369.19 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Mexico	96.89 per 1,000 people Ranked 54th.
Resident Evil > Extinction > Release Information > Release date	October 24 2007	November 2 2007
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	2.96 million Ranked 20th.	7.6 million Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Belgium
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	3.98% Ranked 96th.	17.24% Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Belgium
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	2.88% Ranked 49th.	20.94% Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Belgium
Internet > ISP per million	5.95 Ranked 37th. 12 times more than Mexico	0.491 Ranked 93th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.072$ per 1 million people Ranked 76th. 9 times more than Mexico	0.008$ per 1 million people Ranked 12th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	673.57 Ranked 30th. 24 times more than Mexico	28.07 Ranked 102nd.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	34.11 Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Mexico	10.95 Ranked 69th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	2.1$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 95th. 94% more than Mexico	1.08$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 8th.
Telephone system > Regulation	1993	1996
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	5.94 per 100 mainlines Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Mexico	1.8 per 100 mainlines Ranked 50th.
Royalties and fees	$76.40 Ranked 10th. 191 times more than Mexico	$0.40 Ranked 43th.
Telephone subscribers	13.93 million Ranked 35th.	66.97 million Ranked 9th. 5 times more than Belgium
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	41.62 Ranked 31st. 2 times more than Mexico	19.43 Ranked 87th.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2002/2003	5/7/2004
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	2.78 Ranked 62nd.	2.81 Ranked 61st. 1% more than Belgium
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	18.88$/month Ranked 27th. 35% more than Mexico	14$/month Ranked 58th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	586.02 Ranked 29th.	617.16 Ranked 25th. 5% more than Belgium
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	42.93 Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Mexico	17.41 Ranked 95th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	2.05% GDP Ranked 116th.	2.72% GDP Ranked 98th. 33% more than Belgium
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment	$12,814.80 Million US dollars Ranked 16th.	$53,342.61 Million US dollars Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Belgium
Television standard > UHF	PAL H	NTSC M
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP	2.71e-06% Ranked 11th.	6.04e-06% Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Belgium
Internet > Linux web servers per million	5.83 Ranked 38th. 21 times more than Mexico	0.275 Ranked 83th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+32	+52
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	2.83 per 1 million people Ranked 30th.	3.17 per 1 million people Ranked 26th. 12% more than Belgium
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.115 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 66th. 4% more than Mexico	0.111 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 68th.
Telephone lines	4.46 million Ranked 30th.	20.67 million Ranked 14th. 5 times more than Belgium
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$7.93 billion Ranked 10th. 39 times more than Mexico	$202.60 million Ranked 52nd.
Internet > IP addresses (share)	0.3 Ranked 26th.	0.6 Ranked 18th. Twice as much as Belgium
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	NTSC M
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	145.53 Ranked 37th. 16 times more than Mexico	9.26 Ranked 89th.
Phone subscribers	1,243.79 Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Mexico	354 Ranked 69th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	23.99% Ranked 22nd. 24% more than Mexico	19.4% Ranked 30th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	33.12$/month Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Mexico	16.08$/month Ranked 43th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,105.12 Ranked 85th. 33% more than Mexico	833.51 Ranked 130th.
Music sales > Singles > Millions	0.7 Ranked 7th. 23 times more than Mexico	0.03 Ranked 23th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	5911000000	210173000000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	310.32 Ranked 31st. 18 times more than Mexico	17.25 Ranked 82nd.
Internet servers using encryption	3,348 Ranked 21st. 81% more than Mexico	1,853 Ranked 27th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	460.7 per 1,000 people Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Mexico	189.27 per 1,000 people Ranked 65th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Mexico	0.897 per 1,000 people Ranked 55th.

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