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Media Stats: compare key data on Canada & 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).
  • 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.
     
     
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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 > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
STAT Canada Puerto Rico HISTORY
Broadcast media 2 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 1,079.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 11% more than Puerto Rico
974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.

Households with television 99%
Ranked 3rd. 2% more than Puerto Rico
97.03%
Ranked 16th.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 326.99
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
151.07
Ranked 51st.

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 86.77
Ranked 15th. 69% more than Puerto Rico
51.41
Ranked 79th.

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 860.93
Ranked 14th. 67% more than Puerto Rico
516.45
Ranked 82nd.
Internet > Users per 1000 850.35
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
264.34
Ranked 65th.

Internet users 26.96 million
Ranked 16th. 27 times more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>CBC - public, operates English-language network Radio One and cultural network Radio Two</p> </p>Societe Radio-Canada - public, operates French-language services Première Chaîne and Espace Musique</p> </p>Radio Canada International - external service run by CBC</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">Full Article</a> <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 245, FM 582, shortwave 6 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 75.74
Ranked 143th.
81.75
Ranked 136th. 8% more than Canada

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 575.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th.
857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 49% more than Canada

Television > List of TV stations <p>CBC - public, operates English-language national network and cable news channel CBC Newsworld</p> </p>Societe Radio-Canada - public, operates national French-language network and cable news channel RDI</p> </p>CTV - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">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 716.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th.

Televisions per 1000 678.75
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
266.85
Ranked 63th.
Internet > Users > Per capita 838.57 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 516.33
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
212.77
Ranked 76th.

Televisions 21.5 million
Ranked 12th. 21 times more than Puerto Rico
1.02 million
Ranked 80th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 645.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th.

Internet users > Per 100 people 75.31
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
25.29
Ranked 83th.

Internet > Internet users 29.76 million
Ranked 20th. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
Television broadcast stations 80
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
32
Ranked 14th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 13.5 billion min.
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than Puerto Rico
1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th.

Radios per 1000 1,019.7
Ranked 9th. 44% more than Puerto Rico
705.68
Ranked 34th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 684.35
Ranked 113th.
726.12
Ranked 107th. 6% more than Canada

Internet > Percent using internet 86.77%
Ranked 14th. 69% more than Puerto Rico
51.41%
Ranked 78th.

Telephones > Mobile cellular 27.39 million
Ranked 35th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
3.11 million
Ranked 121st.

Radio receivers > Per capita 1.08 per capita
Ranked 8th. 49% more than Puerto Rico
0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th.

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 541.14
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
232.62
Ranked 70th.

Telephone mainlines per 1000 565.62
Ranked 7th. 95% more than Puerto Rico
290.55
Ranked 51st.

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Globe and Mail - Toronto-based national daily</p> </p>La Presse - Montreal-based daily</p> </p>The Toronto Sun - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16841120">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 service provided by modern technology modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 716.97
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
271.58
Ranked 53th.

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 86
Ranked 15th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
10
Ranked 63th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 2,332.06
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
250.24
Ranked 91st.
Internet > Users 28 million
Ranked 10th. 28 times more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 76th.

Internet > Internet penetration 86.8%
Ranked 16th. 69% more than Puerto Rico
51.4%
Ranked 83th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 513.74
Ranked 65th.
700.83
Ranked 44th. 36% more than Canada

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 752.94
Ranked 144th.
834.48
Ranked 133th. 11% more than Canada

Telecoms > Telephone lines 18.01 million
Ranked 16th. 23 times more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 86th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 26.26 million
Ranked 40th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
3.06 million
Ranked 129th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 760
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
76
Ranked 13th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 11.41 million
Ranked 13th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico
558,054
Ranked 65th.

Telephones > Main lines in use 18.2 million
Ranked 16th. 22 times more than Puerto Rico
826,100
Ranked 87th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 50.65
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
19.12
Ranked 87th.

Radio receivers per 1000 1,077.13
Ranked 7th. 50% more than Puerto Rico
718.19
Ranked 32nd.

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 513.95 per 1,000 people
Ranked 65th.
688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 34% more than Canada

Internet > Hosts per 1000 153.64
Ranked 35th. 1430 times more than Puerto Rico
0.107
Ranked 154th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 27.89 million
Ranked 37th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
3.05 million
Ranked 129th.

Radio receivers 32.3 million
Ranked 13th. 12 times more than Puerto Rico
2.7 million
Ranked 80th.

Television receivers 21.5 million
Ranked 12th. 21 times more than Puerto Rico
1.02 million
Ranked 78th.

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.67 per 1 million people
Ranked 37th.
8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Canada

MTV Video Music Awards Latin America > Awards 1
Ranked 7th.
3
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Canada
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.2$
Ranked 133th. 38% more than Puerto Rico
0.87$
Ranked 138th.
Mobile phone subscribers 16.6 million
Ranked 25th. 6 times more than Puerto Rico
2.68 million
Ranked 66th.

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 - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 760
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than Puerto Rico
76
Ranked 4th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 207.56
Ranked 11th. 35 times more than Puerto Rico
5.95
Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 18.01 million
Ranked 16th. 23 times more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 85th.

Radios 32.3 million
Ranked 13th. 12 times more than Puerto Rico
2.7 million
Ranked 81st.
Internet > Hosts 5.12 million
Ranked 13th. 12671 times more than Puerto Rico
404
Ranked 162nd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 103
Ranked 16th. 21 times more than Puerto Rico
5
Ranked 91st.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 5.58 million
Ranked 15th. 12 times more than Puerto Rico
475,000
Ranked 61st.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 28.38%
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
10%
Ranked 45th.

Internet > Top level domain .ca .pr
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 2.49
Ranked 41st.
2.71
Ranked 36th. 9% more than Canada

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 174.34
Ranked 24th. 37% more than Puerto Rico
127.53
Ranked 51st.
Telephone system > Domestic domestic satellite system with about 300 earth stations digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .ca .pr
Telephone mainlines 18.28 million
Ranked 14th. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
1.11 million
Ranked 66th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 438.73 min.
Ranked 11th.
449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 2% more than Canada

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 207.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 11th. 35 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 438.73 min. per capita
Ranked 10th.
449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 2% more than Canada

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 71.62%
Ranked 26th.
90%
Ranked 15th. 26% more than Canada

Mobile cellular subscriptions 22.09 million
Ranked 34th. 7 times more than Puerto Rico
3.35 million
Ranked 68th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 6.71 million
Ranked 9th. 295 times more than Puerto Rico
22,732
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 23.99
Ranked 24th. 21% more than Puerto Rico
19.86
Ranked 26th.
Internet > IP addresses 79.99 million
Ranked 8th. 80 times more than Puerto Rico
1 million
Ranked 78th.
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 4322000000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 29.55
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Puerto Rico
5.42
Ranked 66th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 516.33
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
212.77
Ranked 81st.

Television broadcast stations per million 2.67
Ranked 41st.
8.41
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Canada

Internet > TLD .ca .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 66.32
Ranked 107th.
85.76
Ranked 34th. 29% more than Canada

Internet > Livejournal users 89,743
Ranked 2nd. 243 times more than Puerto Rico
370
Ranked 55th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 21,026
Ranked 5th. 162 times more than Puerto Rico
130
Ranked 57th.

Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,079.36
Ranked 43th. 9% more than Puerto Rico
991.38
Ranked 47th.

Population covered by mobile telephony 95%
Ranked 39th.
100%
Ranked 1st. 5% more than Canada

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 645.83 per 1 million people
Ranked 9th. 20 times more than Puerto Rico
33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 18.25 million
Ranked 16th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico
1.04 million
Ranked 78th.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 2,804.91
Ranked 7th. 29 times more than Puerto Rico
96.68
Ranked 70th.
Website defacements per million 4.18
Ranked 41st. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
0.262
Ranked 106th.
Website defacements 130
Ranked 15th. 130 times more than Puerto Rico
1
Ranked 114th.
Internet > Linux web servers 982
Ranked 5th. 89 times more than Puerto Rico
11
Ranked 49th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 54.79
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
26.25
Ranked 63th.

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.04$ per 1 million people
Ranked 127th.
0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th. 6 times more than Canada
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 3.22
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
1.31
Ranked 96th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 799.53
Ranked 139th.
831.64
Ranked 131st. 4% more than Canada

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 565.85 per 1,000 people
Ranked 8th. 98% more than Puerto Rico
285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 2.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 78% 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 1.98$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 164th.
16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th. 8 times more than Canada

Phone system > International dialling code +1 +1787
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 154.13 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 1511 times more than Puerto Rico
0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 645.44
Ranked 9th. 19 times more than Puerto Rico
34.16
Ranked 65th.

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 1,233.44
Ranked 21st. 11 times more than Puerto Rico
112.9
Ranked 68th.

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 32.89
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
14.9
Ranked 51st.

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 32597620000 2598000000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 983.91
Ranked 14th. 16 times more than Puerto Rico
61.5
Ranked 63th.

Internet servers using encryption 33,197
Ranked 5th. 136 times more than Puerto Rico
244
Ranked 59th.

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 13.26%
Ranked 70th.
23.65%
Ranked 102nd. 78% more than Canada

Telephone lines 18.25 million
Ranked 16th. 18 times more than Puerto Rico
1.04 million
Ranked 72nd.

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 9.84 million
Ranked 9th. 46 times more than Puerto Rico
214,163
Ranked 62nd.

Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > ISP per million 24.7
Ranked 17th. 24% more than Puerto Rico
19.94
Ranked 19th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,079.8 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 11% more than Puerto Rico
974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 51.94
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
20.84
Ranked 78th.

Telephone subscribers 34.88 million
Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Puerto Rico
3.79 million
Ranked 67th.

Telephone subscribers per employee 455.91
Ranked 6th.
474.61
Ranked 22nd. 4% more than Canada

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.72% GDP
Ranked 95th.
3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st. 41% more than Canada

Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > Linux web servers per million 31.59
Ranked 8th. 11 times more than Puerto Rico
2.88
Ranked 53th.
Phone subscribers 1,037.65
Ranked 29th. 61% more than Puerto Rico
642.87
Ranked 45th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 24.7 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 24% more than Puerto Rico
19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th.
Internet > IP addresses (share) 1.9
Ranked 8th.
0.0
Ranked 97th.

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