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  • 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 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • 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.
  • Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • 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.
  • 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).
STAT Dominican Republic Puerto Rico HISTORY
Broadcast media combination of state-owned and privately owned broadcast media; 1 state-owned TV network and a number of private TV networks; networks operate repeaters to extend signals throughout country; combination of state-owned and privately owned radio stations with more than 300 radio stations operating 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 508.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.
974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 92% more than Dominican Republic

Households with television 75.8%
Ranked 14th.
97.03%
Ranked 16th. 28% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 43.85
Ranked 100th.
151.07
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 45
Ranked 94th.
51.41
Ranked 79th. 14% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 444.23
Ranked 97th.
516.45
Ranked 82nd. 16% more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Users > Per capita 179.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 86th.
253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 42% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Users per 1000 174.41
Ranked 85th.
264.34
Ranked 65th. 52% more than Dominican Republic

Internet users 2.7 million
Ranked 67th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 88.75
Ranked 130th. 9% more than Puerto Rico
81.75
Ranked 136th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 103.69
Ranked 118th.
212.77
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 588.63 per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th.
857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th. 46% more than Dominican Republic

Television receivers > Per capita 92.71 per 1,000 people
Ranked 105th.
273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Televisions per 1000 84.88
Ranked 121st.
266.85
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Televisions 770,000
Ranked 90th.
1.02 million
Ranked 80th. 33% more than Dominican Republic
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 96.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 81st.
265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet users > Per 100 people 21.58
Ranked 97th.
25.29
Ranked 83th. 17% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Internet users 4.54 million
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
1.9 million
Ranked 92nd.
Television broadcast stations 25
Ranked 1st.
32
Ranked 14th. 28% more than Dominican Republic

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 1.94 billion min.
Ranked 19th. 17% more than Puerto Rico
1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th.

Radios per 1000 158.74
Ranked 146th.
705.68
Ranked 34th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 873.1
Ranked 90th. 20% more than Puerto Rico
726.12
Ranked 107th.

Internet > Percent using internet 45%
Ranked 93th.
51.41%
Ranked 78th. 14% more than Dominican Republic

Telephones > Mobile cellular 8.77 million
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
3.11 million
Ranked 121st.

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.173 per capita
Ranked 130th.
0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 97.67
Ranked 120th.
232.62
Ranked 70th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone mainlines per 1000 95.92
Ranked 89th.
290.55
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone system > General assessment relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave radio relay network modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 93.26
Ranked 103th.
271.58
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 6
Ranked 78th.
10
Ranked 63th. 67% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > IP addresses per capita 85.01
Ranked 130th.
250.24
Ranked 91st. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Users 1.68 million
Ranked 61st. 68% more than Puerto Rico
1,000,000
Ranked 76th.

Internet > Internet penetration 45%
Ranked 98th.
51.4%
Ranked 83th. 14% more than Dominican Republic
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 387.79
Ranked 81st.
700.83
Ranked 44th. 81% more than Dominican Republic

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 879.48
Ranked 127th. 5% more than Puerto Rico
834.48
Ranked 133th.

Telecoms > Telephone lines 1.07 million
Ranked 72nd. 37% more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 86th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.04 million
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
3.06 million
Ranked 129th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 24
Ranked 42nd.
76
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 450,584
Ranked 71st.
558,054
Ranked 65th. 24% more than Dominican Republic

Telephones > Main lines in use 1.04 million
Ranked 76th. 26% more than Puerto Rico
826,100
Ranked 87th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 10.41
Ranked 118th.
19.12
Ranked 87th. 84% more than Dominican Republic

Radio receivers per 1000 174.41
Ranked 128th.
718.19
Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Dominican Republic

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 382.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 80th.
688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th. 80% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Hosts per 1000 10.83
Ranked 74th. 101 times more than Puerto Rico
0.107
Ranked 154th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 8.93 million
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
3.05 million
Ranked 129th.

Radio receivers 1.44 million
Ranked 95th.
2.7 million
Ranked 80th. 88% more than Dominican Republic

Television receivers 770,000
Ranked 87th.
1.02 million
Ranked 78th. 33% more than Dominican Republic

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.72 per 1 million people
Ranked 5th.
8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.22$
Ranked 110th.
0.87$
Ranked 138th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic
Mobile phone subscribers 3.62 million
Ranked 64th. 35% more than Puerto Rico
2.68 million
Ranked 66th.

Telephone system > International country code - 1-809; landing point for the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1), Antillas 1, and the Fibralink submarine cables that provide links to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) country code - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 24
Ranked 27th.
76
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 7.05
Ranked 66th. 19% more than Puerto Rico
5.95
Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 1.07 million
Ranked 71st. 37% more than Puerto Rico
780,229
Ranked 85th.

Radios 1.44 million
Ranked 95th.
2.7 million
Ranked 81st. 88% more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Hosts 105,546
Ranked 66th. 261 times more than Puerto Rico
404
Ranked 162nd.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 365,000
Ranked 43th.
475,000
Ranked 61st. 30% more than Dominican Republic
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 11
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
5
Ranked 91st.

Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 0.0
Ranked 44th.
10%
Ranked 45th.

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 0.607
Ranked 71st.
2.71
Ranked 36th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 39.64
Ranked 56th.
127.53
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Telephone system > Domestic fixed-line teledensity is about 10 per 100 persons; multiple providers of mobile-cellular service with a subscribership of nearly 90 per 100 persons digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .do .pr
Telephone mainlines 896,252
Ranked 68th.
1.11 million
Ranked 66th. 24% more than Dominican Republic

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 220.7 min.
Ranked 20th.
449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 6.95 per 1,000 people
Ranked 67th. 18% more than Puerto Rico
5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 218.46 min. per capita
Ranked 18th.
449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 100%
Ranked 2nd. 11% more than Puerto Rico
90%
Ranked 15th.

Mobile cellular subscriptions 7.21 million
Ranked 65th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
3.35 million
Ranked 68th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 65,856
Ranked 58th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico
22,732
Ranked 40th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 2.65
Ranked 72nd.
19.86
Ranked 26th. 8 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > IP addresses 857,600
Ranked 80th.
1 million
Ranked 78th. 17% more than Dominican Republic
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 8320630000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 2.27
Ranked 88th.
5.42
Ranked 66th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 103.69
Ranked 124th.
212.77
Ranked 81st. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Television broadcast stations per million 2.76
Ranked 4th.
8.41
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet > TLD .do .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 72.45
Ranked 99th.
85.76
Ranked 34th. 18% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Livejournal users 107
Ranked 110th.
370
Ranked 55th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Secure Internet servers 58
Ranked 73th.
130
Ranked 57th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone subscribers per 1000 483.72
Ranked 81st.
991.38
Ranked 47th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 6.03 per 1 million people
Ranked 96th.
33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th. 5 times more than Dominican Republic

Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 985,700
Ranked 82nd.
1.04 million
Ranked 78th. 5% more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Livejournal users per million 11.62
Ranked 131st.
96.68
Ranked 70th. 8 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 4.42
Ranked 99th.
14.9
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 133.2 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico
62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.19
Ranked 97th.
1.31
Ranked 96th. 9% more than Dominican Republic

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 869.37
Ranked 124th. 5% more than Puerto Rico
831.64
Ranked 131st.

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 4047362000 2598000000
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 11.1 per 1,000 people
Ranked 90th. 109 times more than Puerto Rico
0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.

Telephone lines 985,711
Ranked 76th.
1.04 million
Ranked 72nd. 5% more than Dominican Republic

Internet > ISP per million 2.77
Ranked 50th.
19.94
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 6.12
Ranked 95th.
34.16
Ranked 65th. 6 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 22.96
Ranked 110th.
112.9
Ranked 68th. 5 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone lines > Per 100 people 9.9
Ranked 115th.
26.25
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Television standard > UHF NTSC M NTSC M
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 0.46% GDP
Ranked 80th.
3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st. 8 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone subscribers per employee 98.53
Ranked 110th.
474.61
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone subscribers 4.52 million
Ranked 62nd. 19% more than Puerto Rico
3.79 million
Ranked 67th.

Telephone subscribers > Per capita 477.27 per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd.
974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 2 times more than Dominican Republic

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.024$ per 1 million people
Ranked 88th.
0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th. 10 times more than Dominican Republic
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 11.92$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 75th.
16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th. 35% more than Dominican Republic

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 274.69%
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Puerto Rico
23.65%
Ranked 102nd.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 1.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 57th. 40% more than Puerto Rico
1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th.

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 94.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 89th.
285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Internet servers using encryption 143
Ranked 65th.
244
Ranked 59th. 71% more than Dominican Republic

Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 14.17
Ranked 84th.
61.5
Ranked 63th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic

Latin Grammy Awards > Awards 2
Ranked 8th.
6
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic

Phone subscribers 256.66
Ranked 76th.
642.87
Ranked 45th. 3 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > ISP > Per capita 2.75 per 1 million people
Ranked 43th.
19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Dominican Republic
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 212th.
0.0
Ranked 97th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 226,044
Ranked 61st. 6% more than Puerto Rico
214,163
Ranked 62nd.

Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 10.46
Ranked 118th.
20.84
Ranked 78th. Twice as much as Dominican Republic

Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 23.33$/month
Ranked 26th.
33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 44% more than Dominican Republic

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