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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1,000 $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions: Percentage of Government (public) television institutions.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions: Number of private radio institutions to government radio institutions. For instance, for every one government radio institution Turkey has 1,265 that are private.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Newspapers > Newspaper journalists: Number of newspaper journalists by country.
  • 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.
  • Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are private.
  • Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
  • 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 > 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 > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
  • 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 subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • 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 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.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
  • Television > Percentage of private television institutions: Percentage of private television institutions.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
  • Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions: Number of private television institutions to government television institutions. For instance, for every one government television institution Turkey has 528 that are private.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). 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).
  • Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecoms with private participation (current US$). Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets and small projects are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants. 
  • ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: 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.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita: Investment in telecom projects with private participation covers infrastructure projects in telecommunications that have reached financial closure and directly or indirectly serve the public. Movable assets are excluded. The types of projects included are operations and management contracts, operations and management contracts with major capital expenditure, greenfield projects (in which a private entity or a public-private joint venture builds and operates a new facility), and divestitures. Investment commitments are the sum of investments in facilities and investments in government assets. Investments in facilities are the resources the project company commits to invest during the contract period either in new facilities or in expansion and modernization of existing facilities. Investments in government assets are the resources the project company spends on acquiring government assets such as state-owned enterprises, rights to provide services in a specific area, or the use of specific radio spectrums. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by 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.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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).
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
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Broadcast media - Doordarshan, India's public TV network, operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; a large and increasing number of privately owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; by 2011, more than 100 million homes had access to cable and satellite TV offering more than 700 TV channels; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately-owned FM stations have been permitted and their numbers have increased rapidly
Households with television 40%
Ranked 93th. 25% more than India 		32%
Ranked 98th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 38.64
Ranked 102nd. 3 times more than India 		11.57
Ranked 128th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 34.74
Ranked 114th. 3 times more than India 		12.58
Ranked 155th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 342.54
Ranked 120th. 3 times more than India 		124.18
Ranked 159th.
Internet > Users per 1000 76.49
Ranked 110th. 11% more than India 		69.02
Ranked 111th.
Internet users 150,000
Ranked 142nd. 		61.34 million
Ranked 6th. 409 times more than Cape Verde
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Inforpress - state-run</p> <p>Press Trust of India (PTI) - non-profit, owned by newspaper titles</p> </p>Asian News International (ANI) - commercial, privately-owned multimedia news agency</p> </p>Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) - privately-owned newswire</p>
Personal computers > Per capita 96.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th. 6 times more than India 		15.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>RCV - state-run, operated by Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana</p> </p>Radio Nova - Catholic, Sao Vicente</p> </p>Radio Comercial - private, Praia</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13148489">Full Article</a> <p>All India Radio - public, operates domestic and external networks</p> </p>Radio One - commercial radio network in six big cities</p> </p>Radio Mirchi - commercial network, stations in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, mainly music, operated by The Times Group</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 84.16
Ranked 133th. 22% more than India 		68.72
Ranked 152nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 349.38 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th. 35% more than India 		257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.
Television > List of TV stations <p>TCV - state-run, operated by Radiotelevisao Caboverdiana</p> <p>Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services</p> </p>CNN-IBN - 24-hour news channel in English, partially owned by CNN&#039;s parent, Turner International</p> </p>New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV 24x7 and NDTV-India news channels in English and Hindi</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 4.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 168th. 		65.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th. 14 times more than Cape Verde
Televisions per 1000 32.12
Ranked 145th. 		57.6
Ranked 133th. 79% more than Cape Verde
Personal computers per 1000 101.36
Ranked 65th. 7 times more than India 		15.08
Ranked 48th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 22 (plus 12 repeaters), shortwave 0 AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 302.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 2 times more than India 		127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
Internet > Users > Per capita 87.34 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 23% more than India 		70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 142.03
Ranked 109th. 6 times more than India 		25.13
Ranked 157th.
Televisions 15,000
Ranked 179th. 		63 million
Ranked 4th. 4200 times more than Cape Verde
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 138.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than India 		45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd.
Internet users > Per 100 people 20.61
Ranked 98th. 5 times more than India 		4.54
Ranked 145th.
Internet > Internet users 181,905
Ranked 156th. 		151.6 million
Ranked 3rd. 833 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 10 Mbps
Ranked 76th. 		20,000 Mbps
Ranked 8th. 2000 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 19.73 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 57th. 8% more than India 		18.27 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 59th.
Personal computers 48,000
Ranked 116th. 		17 million
Ranked 4th. 354 times more than Cape Verde
Television broadcast stations 1
Ranked 17th. 		562
Ranked 2nd. 562 times more than Cape Verde
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 65.6 million min.
Ranked 66th. 		3.1 billion min.
Ranked 8th. 47 times more than Cape Verde
Radios per 1000 214.16
Ranked 129th. 2 times more than India 		106.05
Ranked 164th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 807.06
Ranked 102nd. 45% more than India 		555.73
Ranked 4th.
Internet > Percent using internet 34.74%
Ranked 115th. 3 times more than India 		12.58%
Ranked 153th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular 396,400
Ranked 162nd. 		893.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 2255 times more than Cape Verde
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.174 per capita
Ranked 129th. 45% more than India 		0.12 per capita
Ranked 147th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 148.65
Ranked 102nd. 5 times more than India 		29.67
Ranked 4th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000 149.19
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than India 		44.14
Ranked 103th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>A Nacao - weekly</p> </p>Expresso das Ilhas - weekly</p> </p>A Semana - weekly</p> <p>The Times of India - Mumbai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindu - Chennai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindustan Times - New Delhi-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment effective system, extensive modernization from 1996-2000 following partial privatization in 1995 supported by recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world; total telephone subscribership base exceeded 900 million in 2011, an overall teledensity of roughly 75%, and subscribership is currently growing more than 20 million per month; urban teledensity now exceeds 100% and rural teledensity is steadily growing
Television receivers per 1000 4.79
Ranked 165th. 		63.61
Ranked 112th. 13 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > IP addresses per capita 33.25
Ranked 157th. 16% more than India 		28.78
Ranked 162nd.
Average cost of local call 0.04
Ranked 68th. Twice as much as India 		0.02
Ranked 89th.
Internet > Users 37,000
Ranked 141st. 		80 million
Ranked 3rd. 2162 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Internet penetration 34.7%
Ranked 121st. 3 times more than India 		12.6%
Ranked 162nd.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 170.73
Ranked 109th. 2 times more than India 		79.85
Ranked 131st.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 860.25
Ranked 129th. 23% more than India 		699.22
Ranked 148th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 70,220
Ranked 149th. 		31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 443 times more than Cape Verde
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 425,310
Ranked 167th. 		864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 2033 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Internet Service Providers 1
Ranked 205th. 		43
Ranked 27th. 43 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 19,103
Ranked 131st. 		14.31 million
Ranked 10th. 749 times more than Cape Verde
Telephones > Main lines in use 74,500
Ranked 149th. 		32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 439 times more than Cape Verde
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 14.2
Ranked 109th. 6 times more than India 		2.51
Ranked 156th.
Active military personnel 1,200
Ranked 133th. 		1.32 million
Ranked 1st. 1104 times more than Cape Verde
Radio receivers per 1000 174.82
Ranked 127th. 49% more than India 		117.12
Ranked 148th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 161.25 per 1,000 people
Ranked 110th. 96% more than India 		82.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.0413
Ranked 168th. 		2.3
Ranked 110th. 56 times more than Cape Verde
Number of PCs per million 101.36
Ranked 67th. 9 times more than India 		11.73
Ranked 129th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 425,310
Ranked 166th. 		864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 2033 times more than Cape Verde
Radio receivers 73,000
Ranked 177th. 		116 million
Ranked 4th. 1589 times more than Cape Verde
Television receivers 2,000
Ranked 179th. 		63 million
Ranked 4th. 31500 times more than Cape Verde
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.12 per 1 million people
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than India 		0.582 per 1 million people
Ranked 56th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 6.08$
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than India 		1.19$
Ranked 66th.
Mobile phone subscribers 81,721
Ranked 153th. 		90 million
Ranked 5th. 1101 times more than Cape Verde
Telephone system > International country code - 238; landing point for the Atlantis-2 fiber-optic transatlantic telephone cable that provides links to South America, Senegal, and Europe; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam
Internet > ISP 1
Ranked 17th. 		43
Ranked 16th. 43 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.96
Ranked 80th. 70% more than India 		1.15
Ranked 86th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 70,220
Ranked 149th. 		31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 443 times more than Cape Verde
Radios 100,000
Ranked 175th. 		116 million
Ranked 4th. 1160 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Hosts 20
Ranked 207th. 		2.71 million
Ranked 24th. 135350 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 20.89 Mbps
Ranked 57th. 18% more than India 		17.74 Mbps
Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 0.0
Ranked 194th. 		1,874
Ranked 1st.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 0.0
Ranked 174th. 		79.24 million
Ranked 2nd.
Internet > Top level domain .cv .in
Television > Total number of channels 1
Ranked 62nd. 		27
Ranked 17th. 27 times more than Cape Verde
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 40.77$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 16th. 5 times more than India 		7.7$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 27th.
Television > Total number of channels per million people 2.09
Ranked 24th. 87 times more than India 		0.024
Ranked 66th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 0.0
Ranked 162nd. 		71.35
Ranked 44th.
Telephone system > Domestic major service provider is Cabo Verde Telecom (CVT); fiber-optic ring, completed in 2001, links all islands providing Internet access and ISDN services; cellular service introduced in 1998; broadband services launched in 2004 mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with multiple private service providers and one or more state-owned service providers; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT)
Internet country code .cv .in
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 10.17 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 61st. 		24.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 41st. 2 times more than Cape Verde
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 138.52 min.
Ranked 18th. 48 times more than India 		2.88 min.
Ranked 112th.
Telephone mainlines 71,412
Ranked 116th. 		49.75 million
Ranked 4th. 697 times more than Cape Verde
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ $5.30 million
Ranked 88th. 		$3.72 billion
Ranked 3rd. 701 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 1.85 per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th. 56% more than India 		1.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Selective filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 40.34$/month
Ranked 38th. 6 times more than India 		6.78$/month
Ranked 169th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 132.48 min. per capita
Ranked 19th. 45 times more than India 		2.96 min. per capita
Ranked 110th.
Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 277,670
Ranked 155th. 		346.89 million
Ranked 3rd. 1249 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Broadband subscribers 937
Ranked 99th. 		1.3 million
Ranked 22nd. 1387 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 2.14
Ranked 83th. 54 times more than India 		0.0393
Ranked 192nd.
Internet > IP addresses 17,408
Ranked 177th. 		34.69 million
Ranked 15th. 1993 times more than Cape Verde
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions 100%
Ranked 2nd. 83 times more than India 		1.2%
Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 48.92
Ranked 37th. 		69.76
Ranked 31st. 43% more than Cape Verde
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 787000000 165710000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 1.48
Ranked 96th. 3 times more than India 		0.46
Ranked 114th.
Number of PCs 48
Ranked 125th. 		13,030
Ranked 12th. 271 times more than Cape Verde
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 142.03
Ranked 114th. 6 times more than India 		25.13
Ranked 161st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 117,986
Ranked 114th. 		59.05 million
Ranked 7th. 500 times more than Cape Verde
Television broadcast stations per million 2.18
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than India 		0.567
Ranked 61st.
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions 9
Ranked 39th. 		22
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > TLD .cv .in
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 55.68
Ranked 115th. 83% more than India 		30.43
Ranked 147th.
Internet > Livejournal users 77
Ranked 132nd. 		1,602
Ranked 24th. 21 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Secure Internet servers 1
Ranked 173th. 		825
Ranked 29th. 825 times more than Cape Verde
Telecommunications > Country calling code 238 91
Telephone subscribers per 1000 319.93
Ranked 93th. 3 times more than India 		123.99
Ranked 112th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 22.5%
Ranked 65th. 5 times more than India 		4.9%
Ranked 109th.
E-Government rating 42
Ranked 82nd. 		45.1
Ranked 57th. 7% more than Cape Verde
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists 25
Ranked 30th. 		16,079
Ranked 6th. 643 times more than Cape Verde
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage 100%
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than India 		25.93%
Ranked 35th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 1.93 per 1 million people
Ranked 124th. 3 times more than India 		0.743 per 1 million people
Ranked 133th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people 0.0
Ranked 59th. 		0.00177 Number
Ranked 51st.
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions 90%
Ranked 42nd. 		95.65%
Ranked 28th. 6% more than Cape Verde
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions 10%
Ranked 26th. 2 times more than India 		4.35%
Ranked 42nd.
Internet > Livejournal users per million 162.59
Ranked 54th. 113 times more than India 		1.44
Ranked 185th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 10.56
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than India 		4.82
Ranked 72nd.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.047 per 1,000 people
Ranked 187th. 		2.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 128th. 50 times more than Cape Verde
Telephone lines 71,860
Ranked 142nd. 		37.9 million
Ranked 8th. 527 times more than Cape Verde
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 7,380
Ranked 125th. 		5.28 million
Ranked 15th. 715 times more than Cape Verde
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 3.35%
Ranked 109th. 		5.04%
Ranked 79th. 50% more than Cape Verde
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 1.15%
Ranked 70th. 		1.31%
Ranked 64th. 14% more than Cape Verde
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 24.27
Ranked 107th. 7 times more than India 		3.57
Ranked 145th.
Internet > ISP per million 2.18
Ranked 9th. 53 times more than India 		0.0413
Ranked 131st.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 3.78
Ranked 104th. 3 times more than India 		1.14
Ranked 128th.
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people 52.23
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than India 		14.48
Ranked 41st.
Telephone system > Regulation 1992 1997
Telephone subscribers 153,133
Ranked 126th. 		139.75 million
Ranked 4th. 913 times more than Cape Verde
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 5678900000 688000000000
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP 0.279%
Ranked 53th. 38% more than India 		0.202%
Ranked 65th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 13.86%
Ranked 49th. 		45.93%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Cape Verde
Telephone subscribers per employee 306.64
Ranked 68th. 3 times more than India 		107.93
Ranked 120th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 6.92% GDP
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than India 		1.93% GDP
Ranked 69th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ 20 million$
Ranked 34th. 		6.2 billion$
Ranked 2nd. 310 times more than Cape Verde
Total number of combined radio and television institutions 0.0
Ranked 59th. 		2 Number
Ranked 27th.
Television > Percentage of private television institutions 0.0
Ranked 60th. 		98.8%
Ranked 10th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita 2.12 per 1 million people
Ranked 9th. 50 times more than India 		0.042 per 1 million people
Ranked 124th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 20,000
Ranked 47th. 		77.48 million
Ranked 5th. 3874 times more than Cape Verde
Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions 0.0
Ranked 56th. 		82
Ranked 6th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 302.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th. 2 times more than India 		127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 238
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than India 		91
Ranked 41st.
Phone system > International dialling code +238 +91
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 222.18
Ranked 66th. 5 times more than India 		48.37
Ranked 111th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 12.15%
Ranked 116th. 		43.07%
Ranked 28th. 4 times more than Cape Verde
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 8.56%
Ranked 117th. 		66.44%
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Cape Verde
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP 4.56%
Ranked 120th. 		65.89%
Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Cape Verde
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita $10.72
Ranked 43th. 4 times more than India 		$3.01
Ranked 78th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people 21.63
Ranked 32nd. 83% more than India 		11.79
Ranked 47th.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$ $30.84 million
Ranked 93th. 		$51.80 billion
Ranked 2nd. 1680 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 151st. 		0.8
Ranked 14th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita 49.86$ per capita
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than India 		5.67$ per capita
Ranked 56th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita 50.07$
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than India 		5.5$
Ranked 57th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 5
Ranked 83th. 		5,351
Ranked 3rd. 1070 times more than Cape Verde
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 2.07
Ranked 121st. 3 times more than India 		0.722
Ranked 132nd.
Phone subscribers 214.76
Ranked 84th. 5 times more than India 		43.78
Ranked 123th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 33 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 13th. 		126 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Cape Verde
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 14.41
Ranked 104th. 4 times more than India 		3.32
Ranked 143th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.0
Ranked 182nd. 		1.69
Ranked 89th.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 18.63$/month
Ranked 28th. 8 times more than India 		2.39$/month
Ranked 178th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 13.9
Ranked 109th. 6 times more than India 		2.47
Ranked 158th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 860.25
Ranked 126th. 23% more than India 		699.22
Ranked 148th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 6.05$/month
Ranked 99th. 84% more than India 		3.28$/month
Ranked 110th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 11.87
Ranked 90th. 8 times more than India 		1.55
Ranked 128th.
Internet servers using encryption 6
Ranked 146th. 		1,796
Ranked 28th. 299 times more than Cape Verde
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 140.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than India 		45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.917 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 2 times more than India 		0.404 per 1,000 people
Ranked 124th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 6,575.54$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 5th. 3845 times more than India 		1.71$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 96th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 12.28$ per 1 million people
Ranked 5th. 12279 times more than India 		0.001$ per 1 million people
Ranked 111th.

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