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Media Stats: compare key data on Gaza Strip & United States

Definitions

  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
STAT Gaza Strip United States HISTORY
Broadcast media 1 m 4
Internet > Internet Service Providers 3
Ranked 140th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 2333 times more than Gaza Strip
Internet > Users 355,500
Ranked 95th.
208 million
Ranked 2nd. 585 times more than Gaza Strip

Internet > Users > Per capita 239.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 72nd.
695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Gaza Strip

Internet users 1.38 million
Ranked 86th.
245 million
Ranked 2nd. 178 times more than Gaza Strip
Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Telephone system > Domestic Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL are responsible for fixed-line services; the Palestinian JAWWAL company provides cellular services a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Telephone system > General assessment Gaza continues to repair the damage to its telecommunications infrastructure caused by fighting in 2009 a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Telephone system > International country code - 970 country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Telephones > Main lines in use 337,000
Ranked 109th.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 433 times more than Gaza Strip

Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 236.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 50th.
541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Gaza Strip

Telephones > Mobile cellular 2.4 million
Ranked 130th.
290.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 121 times more than Gaza Strip

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 692.12 per 1,000 people
Ranked 77th.
846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 22% more than Gaza Strip

Television broadcast stations 1
Ranked 11th.
2,218
Ranked 1st. 2218 times more than Gaza Strip

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.727 per 1 million people
Ranked 11th.
7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th. 10 times more than Gaza Strip

Internet country code .ps .us
Internet > TLD .ps; note - same as West Bank .us

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

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