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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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people: Daily newspapers refer to those published at least four times a week and calculated as average circulation (or copies printed) per 1,000 people."
  • 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.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Information and communication technology spending > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
  • 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.
  • Newspaper circulation per 1000: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
  • Newspapers: Daily newspapers
  • 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.
  • Newspaper circulation: A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day.Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the reader.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.

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

  • 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 and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers per million: Daily newspapers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced: Percentage of feature films that are co-productions with international companies.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Television > Total number of channels: Total number of television channels.
  • Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films: Percentage of feature films that are 100% funded by national companies.
  • Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
  • 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.
  • Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million: . 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.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Implementation date yyyy.mm.dd.

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

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price: Price.

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

  • 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 and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • 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.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • Website defacements per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
  • ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$: Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • 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
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > Linux web servers per million: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • 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.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people: Newspaper journalists (headcounts) per 1,000,000 inhabitants.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Telephone 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 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.
  • 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).
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: 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.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Television > Percentage of private television institutions: Percentage of private television institutions.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • 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.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
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  • 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 > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • 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 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."
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Broadcast media Ecuador has multiple TV networks and many local channels, as well as more than 300 radio stations; many TV and radio stations are privately owned; the government owns or controls 5 national TV stations and multiple radio stations; broadcast media required by law to give the government free air time to broadcast programs produced by the state 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 88.8%
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than India 		32%
Ranked 98th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 52.04
Ranked 93th. 4 times more than India 		11.57
Ranked 128th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 35.13
Ranked 111th. 3 times more than India 		12.58
Ranked 155th.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 346.44
Ranked 117th. 3 times more than India 		124.18
Ranked 159th.
Internet > Users per 1000 110.46
Ranked 87th. 60% more than India 		69.02
Ranked 111th.
Internet users 3.35 million
Ranked 63th. 		61.34 million
Ranked 6th. 18 times more than Ecuador
Personal computers > Per capita 38.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than India 		15.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th.
Personal computers per 1000 37.31
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than India 		15.08
Ranked 48th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Radio Vision - private, Quito and Guayaquil</p> </p>Radio Quito - private, mediumwave (AM)</p> </p>Cadena Radial Ecuatoriana (CRE) - private, Guayaquil-based network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">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 110.71
Ranked 82nd. 61% more than India 		68.72
Ranked 152nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 733.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 76th. 3 times more than India 		257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.
Television > List of TV stations <p>TC Television - private</p> </p>Ecuavisa - private</p> </p>Telesistema - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">Full Article</a> <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 131.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 89th. 2 times more than India 		65.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
Televisions per 1000 188.26
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than India 		57.6
Ranked 133th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 392, FM 35, shortwave 29 AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 99.14
Ranked 38th. 40% more than India 		70.94
Ranked 42nd.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 600.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 5 times more than India 		127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
Internet > Users > Per capita 115.49 per 1,000 people
Ranked 86th. 63% more than India 		70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 149.02
Ranked 107th. 6 times more than India 		25.13
Ranked 157th.
Televisions 2.5 million
Ranked 59th. 		63 million
Ranked 4th. 25 times more than Ecuador
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 131.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than India 		45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd.
Internet users > Per 100 people 28.8
Ranked 73th. 6 times more than India 		4.54
Ranked 145th.
Internet > Internet users 5.35 million
Ranked 56th. 		151.6 million
Ranked 3rd. 28 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita 99.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 35th. 65% more than India 		60.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 635 Mbps
Ranked 33th. 		20,000 Mbps
Ranked 8th. 31 times more than Ecuador
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 48 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 48th. 3 times more than India 		18.27 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 59th.
Personal computers 514,020
Ranked 25th. 		17 million
Ranked 4th. 33 times more than Ecuador
Television broadcast stations 7
Ranked 12th. 		562
Ranked 2nd. 80 times more than Ecuador
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 639.09 million min.
Ranked 42nd. 		3.1 billion min.
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Ecuador
Radios per 1000 376.51
Ranked 87th. 4 times more than India 		106.05
Ranked 164th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 924
Ranked 80th. 66% more than India 		555.73
Ranked 4th.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$ $3.07 billion
Ranked 54th. 		$52.35 billion
Ranked 11th. 17 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Percent using internet 35.13%
Ranked 112th. 3 times more than India 		12.58%
Ranked 153th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular 15.33 million
Ranked 51st. 		893.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 58 times more than Ecuador
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.352 per capita
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than India 		0.12 per capita
Ranked 147th.
Newspaper circulation per 1000 91.87
Ranked 21st. 70% more than India 		53.96
Ranked 27th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 135.81
Ranked 106th. 5 times more than India 		29.67
Ranked 4th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000 123.5
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than India 		44.14
Ranked 103th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>El Comercio - daily</p> </p>Hoy - daily</p> </p>El Tiempo - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19401181">Full Article</a> <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 elementary fixed-line service, but increasingly sophisticated mobile-cellular network 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 131.36
Ranked 87th. 2 times more than India 		63.61
Ranked 112th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 1
Ranked 58th. 		1,255
Ranked 1st. 1255 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers 36
Ranked 19th. 		5,221
Ranked 1st. 145 times more than Ecuador
Internet > IP addresses per capita 122
Ranked 119th. 4 times more than India 		28.78
Ranked 162nd.
Average cost of local call 0.6
Ranked 1st. 30 times more than India 		0.02
Ranked 89th.
Internet > Users 1.55 million
Ranked 58th. 		80 million
Ranked 3rd. 52 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Internet penetration 35.1%
Ranked 118th. 3 times more than India 		12.6%
Ranked 162nd.
Newspaper circulation 1.22 million
Ranked 19th. 		59.02 million
Ranked 1st. 48 times more than Ecuador
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 453.38
Ranked 71st. 6 times more than India 		79.85
Ranked 131st.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 1,062.26
Ranked 97th. 52% more than India 		699.22
Ranked 148th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 2.31 million
Ranked 53th. 		31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 13 times more than Ecuador
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 16.46 million
Ranked 54th. 		864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 53 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Internet Service Providers 31
Ranked 37th. 		43
Ranked 27th. 39% more than Ecuador
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 806,268
Ranked 60th. 		14.31 million
Ranked 10th. 18 times more than Ecuador
Telephones > Main lines in use 2.21 million
Ranked 56th. 		32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 15 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 14.9
Ranked 107th. 6 times more than India 		2.51
Ranked 156th.
Active military personnel 57,983
Ranked 44th. 		1.32 million
Ranked 1st. 23 times more than Ecuador
Radio receivers per 1000 351.72
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than India 		117.12
Ranked 148th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 472.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 67th. 6 times more than India 		82.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000 3.13
Ranked 105th. 36% more than India 		2.3
Ranked 110th.
Number of PCs per million 53.51
Ranked 87th. 5 times more than India 		11.73
Ranked 129th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 16.46 million
Ranked 54th. 		864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 53 times more than Ecuador
Radio receivers 4.15 million
Ranked 62nd. 		116 million
Ranked 4th. 28 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 15.9 million
Ranked 46th. 		904.48 million
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Ecuador
Television receivers 1.55 million
Ranked 68th. 		63 million
Ranked 4th. 41 times more than Ecuador
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.561 per 1 million people
Ranked 21st. 		0.582 per 1 million people
Ranked 56th. 4% more than Ecuador
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.75$
Ranked 86th. 47% more than India 		1.19$
Ranked 66th.
Mobile phone subscribers 6.25 million
Ranked 48th. 		90 million
Ranked 5th. 14 times more than Ecuador
Telephone system > International country code - 593; landing points for the PAN-AM and South America-1 submarine cables that provide links to the west coast of South America, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and extending onward to Aruba and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean; 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 31
Ranked 10th. 		43
Ranked 16th. 39% more than Ecuador
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.94
Ranked 81st. 69% more than India 		1.15
Ranked 86th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 2.31 million
Ranked 53th. 		31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 13 times more than Ecuador
Radios 5 million
Ranked 58th. 		116 million
Ranked 4th. 23 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Hosts 45,404
Ranked 76th. 		2.71 million
Ranked 24th. 60 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000 97.34
Ranked 35th. 66% more than India 		58.57
Ranked 44th.
Newspapers per million 2.71
Ranked 34th. 		4.77
Ranked 24th. 76% more than Ecuador
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 46.09 Mbps
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than India 		17.74 Mbps
Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 36
Ranked 35th. 		1,874
Ranked 1st. 52 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 1.22 million
Ranked 34th. 		79.24 million
Ranked 2nd. 65 times more than Ecuador
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 0.0
Ranked 49th. 		0.0
Ranked 42nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily 1.22 million
Ranked 29th. 		59.02 million
Ranked 3rd. 48 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Top level domain .ec .in
Television > Total number of channels 4
Ranked 39th. 		27
Ranked 17th. 7 times more than Ecuador
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.032$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 66th. 		0.058$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 39th. 81% more than Ecuador
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 0.0865
Ranked 57th. 		1.03
Ranked 56th. 12 times more than Ecuador
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 4.41$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 57th. 		7.7$ per $1,000 of GDP
Ranked 27th. 75% more than Ecuador
Television > Total number of channels per million people 0.29
Ranked 50th. 12 times more than India 		0.024
Ranked 66th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 97.34
Ranked 41st. 36% more than India 		71.35
Ranked 44th.
Telephone system > Domestic fixed-line services provided by multiple telecommunications operators; fixed-line teledensity stands at about 15 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular use has surged and subscribership has reached 100 per 100 persons 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 .ec .in
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 17.4 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 49th. 		24.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 41st. 43% more than Ecuador
Telephone mainlines 1.7 million
Ranked 52nd. 		49.75 million
Ranked 4th. 29 times more than Ecuador
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 50 min.
Ranked 61st. 17 times more than India 		2.88 min.
Ranked 112th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ $299.40 million
Ranked 29th. 		$3.72 billion
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Ecuador
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita 0.082 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 6 times more than India 		0.014 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 2.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd. 70% more than India 		1.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Selective filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 36.96$/month
Ranked 45th. 5 times more than India 		6.78$/month
Ranked 169th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 51.19 min. per capita
Ranked 58th. 17 times more than India 		2.96 min. per capita
Ranked 110th.
Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 100%
Ranked 14th. The same as India 		100%
Ranked 2nd.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita 91.19$ per capita
Ranked 59th. 83% more than India 		49.83$ per capita
Ranked 69th.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$ $225.56
Ranked 50th. 5 times more than India 		$45.31
Ranked 66th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions 11.54 million
Ranked 51st. 		346.89 million
Ranked 3rd. 30 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Broadband subscribers 26,786
Ranked 65th. 		1.3 million
Ranked 22nd. 49 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 2.33
Ranked 79th. 59 times more than India 		0.0393
Ranked 192nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 36
Ranked 31st. 		5,221
Ranked 1st. 145 times more than Ecuador
Internet > IP addresses 1.86 million
Ranked 67th. 		34.69 million
Ranked 15th. 19 times more than Ecuador
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions 1.97%
Ranked 54th. 64% more than India 		1.2%
Ranked 59th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 14.53
Ranked 19th. 		69.76
Ranked 31st. 5 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 525000000000 165710000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.26
Ranked 121st. 		0.46
Ranked 114th. 77% more than Ecuador
Number of PCs 724
Ranked 57th. 		13,030
Ranked 12th. 18 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 149.02
Ranked 112th. 6 times more than India 		25.13
Ranked 161st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 996
Ranked 31st. 		14,085
Ranked 9th. 14 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 3.38 million
Ranked 48th. 		59.05 million
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than Ecuador
Television broadcast stations per million 0.548
Ranked 21st. 		0.567
Ranked 61st. 4% more than Ecuador
Radio > Ratio of private to government (public) radio institutions 12.4
Ranked 34th. 		22
Ranked 25th. 77% more than Ecuador
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million 81.06
Ranked 38th. 6 times more than India 		13.98
Ranked 57th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 40
Ranked 34th. 		38,607
Ranked 1st. 965 times more than Ecuador
Internet > TLD .ec .in
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 85.61
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than India 		30.43
Ranked 147th.
Internet > Livejournal users 91
Ranked 122nd. 		1,602
Ranked 24th. 18 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Secure Internet servers 65
Ranked 71st. 		825
Ranked 29th. 13 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000 14.53
Ranked 40th. 		67.3
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Country calling code 593 91
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2009.10.12 2011.01.20
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price free 19
Telephone subscribers per 1000 576.89
Ranked 70th. 5 times more than India 		123.99
Ranked 112th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 22.2%
Ranked 67th. 5 times more than India 		4.9%
Ranked 109th.
E-Government rating 47
Ranked 48th. 4% more than India 		45.1
Ranked 57th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 2.87
Ranked 29th. 		5.18
Ranked 21st. 80% more than Ecuador
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists 260
Ranked 25th. 		16,079
Ranked 6th. 62 times more than Ecuador
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage 0.0
Ranked 64th. 		25.93%
Ranked 35th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 4.85 per 1 million people
Ranked 104th. 7 times more than India 		0.743 per 1 million people
Ranked 133th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people 2.4 Number
Ranked 10th. 1350 times more than India 		0.00177 Number
Ranked 51st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 1.91 million
Ranked 58th. 		30.79 million
Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Ecuador
Radio > Percentage of private radio institutions 92.54%
Ranked 37th. 		95.65%
Ranked 28th. 3% more than Ecuador
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions 7.46%
Ranked 32nd. 72% more than India 		4.35%
Ranked 42nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita 3.25 per 1 million people
Ranked 42nd. 		39.31 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 12 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million 3.19
Ranked 42nd. 		38.31
Ranked 15th. 12 times more than Ecuador
Internet > Livejournal users per million 6.73
Ranked 152nd. 5 times more than India 		1.44
Ranked 185th.
Internet > Linux web servers 3
Ranked 73th. 		25
Ranked 41st. 8 times more than Ecuador
Website defacements per million 0.939
Ranked 85th. 8 times more than India 		0.112
Ranked 115th.
Website defacements 12
Ranked 64th. 		119
Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Ecuador
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 12.61%
Ranked 103th. 		66.44%
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Ecuador
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 22.56%
Ranked 82nd. 		43.07%
Ranked 28th. 91% more than Ecuador
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 3.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 118th. 38% more than India 		2.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 128th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 2.87
Ranked 48th. 70% more than India 		1.69
Ranked 89th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.146 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 47th. 4 times more than India 		0.039 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 120th.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$ $68.46 million
Ranked 82nd. 		$51.80 billion
Ranked 2nd. 757 times more than Ecuador
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 11.96
Ranked 89th. 8 times more than India 		1.55
Ranked 128th.
Internet servers using encryption 163
Ranked 63th. 		1,796
Ranked 28th. 11 times more than Ecuador
Television standard > VHF NTSC M PAL B
Internet > ISP per million 2.43
Ranked 14th. 59 times more than India 		0.0413
Ranked 131st.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 82.35$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 87th. 48 times more than India 		1.71$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 96th.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.14$ per 1 million people
Ranked 82nd. 140 times more than India 		0.001$ per 1 million people
Ranked 111th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita 11.67$
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than India 		5.5$
Ranked 57th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 600.82 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th. 5 times more than India 		127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 35.3 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 40th. 		126 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Ecuador
Telephone subscribers 7.95 million
Ranked 45th. 		139.75 million
Ranked 4th. 18 times more than Ecuador
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$, % of GDP 0.356%
Ranked 41st. 76% more than India 		0.202%
Ranked 65th.
Telephone subscribers per employee 667.06
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than India 		107.93
Ranked 120th.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.22% GDP
Ranked 111th. 15% more than India 		1.93% GDP
Ranked 69th.
Internet > Linux web servers per million 0.235
Ranked 84th. 10 times more than India 		0.0236
Ranked 97th.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions 33 Number
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than India 		2 Number
Ranked 27th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 175,000
Ranked 18th. 		77.48 million
Ranked 5th. 443 times more than Ecuador
Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions 49.75
Ranked 11th. 		82
Ranked 6th. 65% more than Ecuador
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 22.14
Ranked 111th. 6 times more than India 		3.57
Ranked 145th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 5.42
Ranked 93th. 5 times more than India 		1.14
Ranked 128th.
Telecoms > Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ per capita $19.33
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than India 		$3.01
Ranked 78th.
Phone system > International dialling code +593 +91
Newspapers > Newspaper journalists per million people 18.87
Ranked 28th. 30% more than India 		14.48
Ranked 41st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 218.93
Ranked 67th. 5 times more than India 		48.37
Ranked 111th.
Telephone system > Regulation 1995 1997
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,062.26
Ranked 96th. 52% more than India 		699.22
Ranked 148th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 14.12
Ranked 106th. 4 times more than India 		3.32
Ranked 143th.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 18.94$/month
Ranked 26th. 8 times more than India 		2.39$/month
Ranked 178th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 15.53
Ranked 105th. 6 times more than India 		2.47
Ranked 158th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 9$/month
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than India 		3.28$/month
Ranked 110th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita 14.64 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 		69.06 per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Ecuador
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 128.62 per 1,000 people
Ranked 80th. 3 times more than India 		45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.593 per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th. 47% more than India 		0.404 per 1,000 people
Ranked 124th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 724860500 688000000000
Internet > ISP > Per capita 2.48 per 1 million people
Ranked 12th. 59 times more than India 		0.042 per 1 million people
Ranked 124th.
Television > Percentage of private television institutions 98.03%
Ranked 15th. 		98.8%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than Ecuador
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ > Per capita 12.16$ per capita
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than India 		5.67$ per capita
Ranked 56th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 9.85%
Ranked 139th. 		45.93%
Ranked 15th. 5 times more than Ecuador
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 192nd. 		0.8
Ranked 14th.
Investment in telecoms with private participation > Current US$ 160.8 million$
Ranked 37th. 		6.2 billion$
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than Ecuador
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 40
Ranked 49th. 		5,351
Ranked 3rd. 134 times more than Ecuador
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 593
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than India 		91
Ranked 41st.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 3.19
Ranked 70th. 		4.82
Ranked 72nd. 51% more than Ecuador
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 4.64
Ranked 104th. 6 times more than India 		0.722
Ranked 132nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 2.93 per 1 million people
Ranked 28th. 		5.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 20th. 82% more than Ecuador
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily 175,000
Ranked 36th. 		67.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 388 times more than Ecuador
Phone subscribers 170.41
Ranked 93th. 4 times more than India 		43.78
Ranked 123th.
Telephone lines 1.9 million
Ranked 53th. 		37.9 million
Ranked 8th. 20 times more than Ecuador
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 35,178
Ranked 97th. 		5.28 million
Ranked 15th. 150 times more than Ecuador
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 8.24%
Ranked 38th. 63% more than India 		5.04%
Ranked 79th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 0.22%
Ranked 93th. 		1.31%
Ranked 64th. 6 times more than Ecuador

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