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Media Stats: compare key data on Canada & Gaza Strip

Definitions

  • 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 > 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 > 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.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • 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 -
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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).
STAT Canada Gaza Strip HISTORY
Broadcast media 2 1 m
Internet > Internet Service Providers 760
Ranked 2nd. 253 times more than Gaza Strip
3
Ranked 140th.
Internet > Users 28 million
Ranked 10th. 79 times more than Gaza Strip
355,500
Ranked 95th.

Internet > Users > Per capita 838.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Gaza Strip
239.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.

Internet users 26.96 million
Ranked 16th. 20 times more than Gaza Strip
1.38 million
Ranked 86th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0
Telephone system > Domestic domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed-line services; the Palestinian JAWWAL company provides cellular services
Telephone system > General assessment excellent service provided by modern technology Gaza continues to repair the damage to its telecommunications infrastructure caused by fighting in 2009
Telephone system > International country code - 1; submarine cables provide links to the US and Europe; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean, and 2 Intersputnik - Atlantic Ocean region) country code - 970
Telephones > Main lines in use 18.2 million
Ranked 16th. 54 times more than Gaza Strip
337,000
Ranked 109th.

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 645.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Gaza Strip
236.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 27.39 million
Ranked 35th. 11 times more than Gaza Strip
2.4 million
Ranked 130th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 575.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th.
692.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th. 20% more than Canada

Television broadcast stations 80
Ranked 8th. 80 times more than Gaza Strip
1
Ranked 11th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.67 per 1 million people
Ranked 37th. 4 times more than Gaza Strip
0.727 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th.
Internet country code .ca .ps
Internet > TLD .ca .ps; note - same as West Bank

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

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