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STAT Belgium United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 4.63 million
Ranked 32nd.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 30 times more than Belgium

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 415.62
Ranked 37th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 7% more than Belgium

Landlines 4.46 million
Ranked 34th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 26 times more than Belgium
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 41.9
Ranked 31st.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 6% more than Belgium

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2002.10.01 2003.11.24
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 33.7%
Ranked 48th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Belgium
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 11.82 million
Ranked 49th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 28 times more than Belgium
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 3.52 million
Ranked 46th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 67 times more than Belgium
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 337.08
Ranked 47th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Belgium
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 12.31 million
Ranked 68th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 25 times more than Belgium

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,105.12
Ranked 85th. 14% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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