Media Stats: compare key data on Germany & Luxembourg

Definitions

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.
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Cinema attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
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.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Cinemas > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita: . Figures expressed per capita 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 > 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.
Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people: Number of national feature films produced. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Arabsat -
Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
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.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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.
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.
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.
Cinemas > Seats per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinemas per million: . 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.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access: For the OECD member countries and China, total communication access paths are the total of fixed lines (standard analogue access lines and ISDN lines) plus the number of DSL, cable modem subscribers and mobile telephone subscribers. For Brazil, India, Russian Federation and South Africa, total communication access paths are the sum of main telephone lines in operation, ISDN lines, DSL and cable modem subscribers and cellular mobile telephone subscribers.
Mobile number portability > Implementation date: Date mobile number portability service was implemented in various countries.
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.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port: Time to port days.
Belarus had range specified: 0-3

No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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.
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
Population covered by mobile telephony: Population covered by mobile telephony is the percentage of people within range of a mobile cellular signal regardless of whether they are subscribers.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public television channels with national coverage.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people: Total number of combined radio and television institutions. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Radio > Percentage of 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 million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
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.
Royalties and fees: Receipts of royalties and licence fees ($US per person)
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.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions).
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.
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."
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.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
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.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP: The OECD has developed a commodity-based definition of the ICT sector based on the CPC (Central Product Classification) and the Harmonised System (HS). The definition of ICT goods includes the following broad categories: telecommunications equipment; computer and related equipment; electronic components; audio and video equipment; and other ICT goods. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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.
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).
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions: Total number of radio and television institutions.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
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.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
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 > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.

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STAT	Germany	Luxembourg
Broadcast media	a mixture of publicly operated and privately owned TV and radio stations; national and regional public broadcasters compete with nearly 400 privately owned national and regional TV stations; more than 90% of households have cable or satellite TV; hundreds of radio stations including multiple national radio networks, regional radio networks, and a large number of local radio stations	Luxembourg has a long tradition of operating radio and TV services to pan-European audiences and is home to Europe's largest privately owned broadcast media group, the RTL group, which operates 46 TV stations and 29 radio stations in Europe; also home to Europe's largest satellite operator, Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES); domestically, the RTL group operates TV and radio networks; other domestic private radio and TV operators and French and German stations available; satellite and cable TV services available
Households with television	95% Ranked 19th.	98.4% Ranked 7th. 4% more than Germany
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	340.79 Ranked 11th. 6% more than Luxembourg	321.11 Ranked 17th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	84 Ranked 21st.	92 Ranked 6th. 10% more than Germany
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	841.64 Ranked 19th.	909.66 Ranked 6th. 8% more than Germany
Internet > Users per 1000	516.61 Ranked 33th.	718.76 Ranked 10th. 39% more than Germany
Internet users	65.12 million Ranked 1st. 153 times more than Luxembourg	424,500 Ranked 38th.
Personal computers > Per capita	545.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th.	634.98 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 16% more than Germany
Personal computers per 1000	545.35 Ranked 16th.	623.44 Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Germany
Radio > List of radio stations	<p>ARD - umbrella organisation of public radio services, including those of individual regions</p> </p>Deutschlandradio - operates national public stations Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur, both offering current affairs and cultural programmes</p> </p>Deutsche Welle - international radio,, services in many languages</p>	<p>RTL Radio Letzebuerg - RTL's domestic network</p> </p>Den Neien Radio - commercial network</p> </p>Radio ARA - variety of music, some English-language programmes</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17548473">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	131.3 Ranked 46th.	145.47 Ranked 31st. 11% more than Germany
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,283.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 2% more than Luxembourg	1,258.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th.
Television > List of TV stations	<p>ARD - organisation of regional public broadcasters; operates Das Erste, the main national public TV channel</p> </p>ZDF - operates second national public TV channel</p> </p>n-tv - commercial, rolling-news</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>	<p>RTL Tele Letzebuerg - RTL's domestic network</p> </p>Nordliicht TV - station for northern Luxembourg</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	566.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 47% more than Luxembourg	386.71 per 1,000 people Ranked 36th.
Televisions per 1000	622.77 Ranked 10th.	631.05 Ranked 9th. 1% more than Germany
Radio broadcast stations	AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4	AM 2, FM 9, shortwave 2
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	267.47 Ranked 13th. 5% more than Luxembourg	254.5 Ranked 15th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th.	2,111.74 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 30% more than Germany
Internet > Users > Per capita	515.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th.	718.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 39% more than Germany
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	619.12 Ranked 4th. 23% more than Luxembourg	501.84 Ranked 17th.
Televisions	51.4 million Ranked 6th. 180 times more than Luxembourg	285,000 Ranked 114th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	595.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 15% more than Luxembourg	516.84 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	75.48 Ranked 12th.	79.21 Ranked 8th. 5% more than Germany
Internet > Internet users	68.3 million Ranked 7th. 146 times more than Luxembourg	468,348 Ranked 132nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	291.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 6% more than Luxembourg	273.97 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	566,056 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 60 times more than Luxembourg	9,450 Mbps Ranked 14th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	6,859.93 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 8th.	20,691.51 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Germany
Personal computers	45 million Ranked 4th. 155 times more than Luxembourg	290,000 Ranked 33th.
Television broadcast stations	373 Ranked 4th. 75 times more than Luxembourg	5 Ranked 9th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	15.68 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Luxembourg	726 million min. Ranked 31st.
Radios per 1000	942.64 Ranked 16th. 49% more than Luxembourg	631.05 Ranked 46th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,282.02 Ranked 32nd.	1,444.4 Ranked 15th. 13% more than Germany
Internet > Percent using internet	84% Ranked 20th.	92% Ranked 6th. 10% more than Germany
Telephones > Mobile cellular	108.7 million Ranked 10th. 142 times more than Luxembourg	765,000 Ranked 152nd.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.948 per capita Ranked 17th. 40% more than Luxembourg	0.676 per capita Ranked 38th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	594.61 Ranked 8th. 8% more than Luxembourg	549.64 Ranked 11th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	667.47 Ranked 2nd. 27% more than Luxembourg	525.63 Ranked 12th.
Newspapers > List of newspapers	<p>Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - prestigious daily</p> </p>Sueddeutsche Zeitung - Munich-based daily</p> </p>Die Welt - Berlin-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17301193">Full Article</a>	<p>Letzebuerger Journal</p> </p>Luxemburger Wort</p> </p>Tageblatt</p>
Cinema attendance	149 million Ranked 5th. 113 times more than Luxembourg	1.32 million Ranked 60th.
Telephone system > General assessment	Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country, dating back to World War II, has been modernized and integrated with that of the western part	highly developed, completely automated and efficient system, mainly buried cables
Cinema attendance per capita	1.81 Ranked 22nd.	2.91 Ranked 11th. 61% more than Germany
Television receivers per 1000	566.83 Ranked 12th. 46% more than Luxembourg	388.6 Ranked 36th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	212 Ranked 9th. 13 times more than Luxembourg	16 Ranked 50th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,452.93 Ranked 24th.	2,552.59 Ranked 9th. 76% more than Germany
Average cost of local call	0.09 Ranked 33th.	0.11 Ranked 9th. 22% more than Germany
Internet > Users	42.5 million Ranked 5th. 123 times more than Luxembourg	345,000 Ranked 97th.
Internet > Internet penetration	84% Ranked 22nd.	92% Ranked 7th. 10% more than Germany
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	960.36 Ranked 22nd.	1,547.75 Ranked 1st. 61% more than Germany
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,314.67 Ranked 43th.	1,432.55 Ranked 31st. 9% more than Germany
Telecoms > Telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 190 times more than Luxembourg	266,700 Ranked 119th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	107.66 million Ranked 11th. 141 times more than Luxembourg	761,314 Ranked 158th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	200 Ranked 8th. 25 times more than Luxembourg	8 Ranked 98th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	27.91 million Ranked 4th. 164 times more than Luxembourg	170,651 Ranked 87th.
Cinemas > Per capita	0.057 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 16% more than Luxembourg	0.049 per 1,000 people Ranked 14th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	51.8 million Ranked 4th. 186 times more than Luxembourg	279,100 Ranked 119th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	60.51 Ranked 7th. 19% more than Luxembourg	50.92 Ranked 13th.
Active military personnel	182,927 Ranked 1st. 203 times more than Luxembourg	900 Ranked 136th.
Radio receivers per 1000	948.38 Ranked 15th. 40% more than Luxembourg	679.46 Ranked 39th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	960.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th.	1,576.39 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 64% more than Germany
Internet > Hosts per 1000	275.31 Ranked 21st.	369.91 Ranked 14th. 34% more than Germany
Number of PCs per million	484.75 Ranked 18th.	622.14 Ranked 8th. 28% more than Germany
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	92.4 million Ranked 16th. 121 times more than Luxembourg	761,314 Ranked 157th.
Radio receivers	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 273 times more than Luxembourg	285,000 Ranked 147th.
Television receivers	46.5 million Ranked 6th. 285 times more than Luxembourg	163,000 Ranked 120th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	4.57 per 1 million people Ranked 16th.	11.57 per 1 million people Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.43$ Ranked 105th.	15.96$ Ranked 2nd. 37 times more than Germany
Mobile phone subscribers	79.2 million Ranked 7th. 110 times more than Luxembourg	719,950 Ranked 108th.
Telephone system > International	country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems	country code - 352
Internet > ISP	200 Ranked 2nd. 25 times more than Luxembourg	8 Ranked 72nd.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	129.75 Ranked 23th.	150.7 Ranked 18th. 16% more than Germany
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 190 times more than Luxembourg	266,700 Ranked 119th.
Radios	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 273 times more than Luxembourg	285,000 Ranked 147th.
Internet > Hosts	22.61 million Ranked 3rd. 125 times more than Luxembourg	180,756 Ranked 59th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance	149 million Ranked 3rd. 115 times more than Luxembourg	1.3 million Ranked 40th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	291.27 Ranked 9th. 6% more than Luxembourg	275.04 Ranked 12th.
Mobile phones	71.67 per 100 people Ranked 21st.	101.34 per 100 people Ranked 2nd. 41% more than Germany
Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita	1.81 Ranked 18th.	3.02 Ranked 9th. 66% more than Germany
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	6,859.93 Mbps Ranked 8th.	20,315.68 Mbps Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Germany
Internet penetration	79.1 Ranked 9th.	85.3 Ranked 6th. 8% more than Germany
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	22.1 million Ranked 5th. 192 times more than Luxembourg	115,142 Ranked 53th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	347 Ranked 6th. 58 times more than Luxembourg	6 Ranked 89th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	37.74% Ranked 16th.	87.5% Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	23.95 million Ranked 4th. 200 times more than Luxembourg	120,000 Ranked 49th.
Internet > Top level domain	.de	.lu
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	2.59 Ranked 39th.	30.87 Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	267.83 Ranked 14th. 7% more than Luxembourg	251.35 Ranked 16th.
Telephone system > Domestic	Germany is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system; cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to many foreign countries	fixed line teledensity over 50 per 100 persons; nationwide mobile-cellular telephone system with market for mobile-cellular phones virtually saturated
Internet country code	.de	.lu
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	205.76 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 12th.	259.13 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 4th. 26% more than Germany
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment per 1000	$1.28 Million US dollars Ranked 10th.	$2.30 Million US dollars Ranked 5th. 80% more than Germany
Telephone mainlines	55.05 million Ranked 3rd. 225 times more than Luxembourg	244,500 Ranked 93th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	190.76 min. Ranked 25th.	1,607.51 min. Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Germany
Cinemas	4,712 Ranked 1st. 224 times more than Luxembourg	21 Ranked 38th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	129.75 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th.	153.49 per 1,000 people Ranked 19th. 18% more than Germany
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	7.4$/month Ranked 164th.	27.35$/month Ranked 66th. 4 times more than Germany
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	190.77 min. per capita Ranked 24th.	1,613.52 min. per capita Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Germany
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	62.26% Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than Luxembourg	12.5% Ranked 60th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	105.52 million Ranked 9th. 149 times more than Luxembourg	707,000 Ranked 137th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	10.7 million Ranked 5th. 153 times more than Luxembourg	70,100 Ranked 56th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	2.42 Ranked 76th.	17.71 Ranked 28th. 7 times more than Germany
Cinemas > Seats per 1000	10.17 Ranked 17th.	10.45 Ranked 15th. 3% more than Germany
Cinemas per million	57.39 Ranked 11th. 18% more than Luxembourg	48.78 Ranked 14th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	382 Ranked 6th. 76 times more than Luxembourg	5 Ranked 59th.
Internet > IP addresses	118.13 million Ranked 5th. 91 times more than Luxembourg	1.3 million Ranked 72nd.
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions	5.14% Ranked 46th.	50% Ranked 13th. 10 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	73.92 Ranked 30th.	816.13 Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Germany
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	5700000000	129000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	27.52 Ranked 16th.	29.31 Ranked 12th. 7% more than Germany
Number of PCs	40,000 Ranked 3rd. 140 times more than Luxembourg	285 Ranked 83th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	619.12 Ranked 6th. 23% more than Luxembourg	501.84 Ranked 20th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	33.34 million Ranked 11th. 90 times more than Luxembourg	369,430 Ranked 100th.
Television broadcast stations per million	4.57 Ranked 18th.	11.62 Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany
Cinemas > Seats	835,000 Ranked 1st. 186 times more than Luxembourg	4,500 Ranked 30th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	25 Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Luxembourg	10 Ranked 50th.
Communications > Telephone access > Telephone access	187.04 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 7th.	222.11 Number of telecommunicati Ranked 1st. 19% more than Germany
Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2002.11.01	2005.02.01
Internet > TLD	.de	.lu
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	128.51 Ranked 23th.	144.68 Ranked 10th. 13% more than Germany
Internet > Livejournal users	9,346 Ranked 6th. 80 times more than Luxembourg	117 Ranked 108th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	28,730 Ranked 4th. 107 times more than Luxembourg	269 Ranked 44th.
Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita	1.81 per capita Ranked 18th.	3.01 per capita Ranked 8th. 66% more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	24.58 Ranked 29th.	199.78 Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Germany
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Days to port	6 days Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Luxembourg	1 days Ranked 32nd.
Telecommunications > Country calling code	49	352
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2002.11.01	2005.02.01
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,627.83 Ranked 5th.	2,073.38 Ranked 1st. 27% more than Germany
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	41% Ranked 40th.	72.6% Ranked 11th. 77% more than Germany
E-Government rating	52.6 Ranked 11th. 18% more than Luxembourg	44.6 Ranked 62nd.
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 20th. 1% more than Luxembourg	98% Ranked 51st.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	4.65 Ranked 21st.	11.46 Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Germany
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	58.62% Ranked 22nd.	0.0 Ranked 6th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	348.62 per 1 million people Ranked 27th.	582.2 per 1 million people Ranked 13th. 67% more than Germany
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.121 Number Ranked 37th.	2.15 Number Ranked 12th. 18 times more than Germany
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	4.72% Ranked 40th.	4.76% Ranked 39th. 1% more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	0.304 Ranked 58th.	22.92 Ranked 21st. 75 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	0.304 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.	22.83 per 1 million people Ranked 21st. 75 times more than Germany
Internet > Livejournal users per million	113.26 Ranked 63th.	255.41 Ranked 46th. 2 times more than Germany
Internet > Linux web servers	1,919 Ranked 3rd. 320 times more than Luxembourg	6 Ranked 60th.
Website defacements	162 Ranked 10th. 162 times more than Luxembourg	1 Ranked 122nd.
Website defacements per million	1.97 Ranked 63th.	2.26 Ranked 60th. 15% more than Germany
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 > Results > Points	11 Ranked 5th. 11 times more than Luxembourg	1 Ranked 12th.
Internet > Linux web servers per million	23.3 Ranked 14th. 71% more than Luxembourg	13.59 Ranked 27th.
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL G/SEC L
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.04% GDP Ranked 51st. 96% more than Luxembourg	1.55% GDP Ranked 74th.
Telephone subscribers per employee	559.19 Ranked 32nd. 18% more than Luxembourg	472.29 Ranked 43th.
Telephone subscribers	134.25 million Ranked 5th. 139 times more than Luxembourg	964,450 Ranked 96th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 > Results > Points	8 Ranked 5th. The same as Luxembourg	8 Ranked 4th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1969 > Results > Points	8 Ranked 10th. 14% more than Luxembourg	7 Ranked 11th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1971 > Results > Points	100 Ranked 3rd. 43% more than Luxembourg	70 Ranked 13th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th.	2,111.74 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 30% more than Germany
Internet usage % > 2007	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_internet_users">67.1</a>	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_internet_users">74.9</a>
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	8.53% Ranked 69th.	35.05% Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Germany
Eurovision Song Contest 1974 > Results > Points	3 Ranked 17th.	14 Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Germany
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	68300000000	453500000
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	4.21 Ranked 48th.	13.1 Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Germany
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off	Planned 2008	2008/2009
Royalties and fees	$34.40 Ranked 14th.	$307.00 Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Germany
Eurovision Song Contest 1975 > Results > Points	15 Ranked 17th.	84 Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Germany
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	34.04 Ranked 11th. 4% more than Luxembourg	32.61 Ranked 15th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,090.92 Ranked 24th.	1,983.29 Ranked 9th. 82% more than Germany
Internet > ISP > Per capita	2.43 per 1 million people Ranked 13th.	18.27 per 1 million people Ranked 15th. 8 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	6.1 million Ranked 10th. 16 times more than Luxembourg	373,866 Ranked 30th.
Phone system > International dialling code	+49	+352
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	410.81 Ranked 39th.	717.53 Ranked 12th. 75% more than Germany
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	33.72% Ranked 34th. 56% more than Luxembourg	21.66% Ranked 62nd.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	49.15% Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Luxembourg	18.21% Ranked 79th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	37.74% Ranked 37th. 52% more than Luxembourg	24.83% Ranked 72nd.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	274.45 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd.	371.92 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 36% more than Germany
Telephone lines	51.4 million Ranked 4th. 197 times more than Luxembourg	260,600 Ranked 107th.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	22.6 million Ranked 4th. 158 times more than Luxembourg	143,200 Ranked 69th.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	8.81% Ranked 33th. 82% more than Luxembourg	4.85% Ranked 83th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	6.9% Ranked 23th. 47% more than Luxembourg	4.69% Ranked 38th.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL B/SECAM L
Telephone system > Regulation	1998	1997
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2003-03	4/4/2006
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	17.34$/month Ranked 32nd. 48% more than Luxembourg	11.75$/month Ranked 84th.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment	$104,715.72 Million US dollars Ranked 3rd. 92 times more than Luxembourg	$1,143.08 Million US dollars Ranked 26th.
Communications > Exports of information and communications equipment > Exports of ICT equipment, % of GDP	3.17e-06% Ranked 10th. 39% more than Luxembourg	2.28e-06% Ranked 13th.
Cinemas > Seats > Per capita	10.17 per 1,000 people Ranked 17th.	10.42 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 2% more than Germany
Eurovision Song Contest 1960 > Results > Artist	Wyn Hoop	Camillo Felgen
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,128.35 Ranked 77th.	1,432.55 Ranked 30th. 27% more than Germany
Eurovision Song Contest 1963 > Results > Points	5 Ranked 9th.	13 Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Germany
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	62.6 Ranked 6th. 17% more than Luxembourg	53.33 Ranked 15th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	61.84 Ranked 6th. 21% more than Luxembourg	50.96 Ranked 16th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	26.47$/month Ranked 21st.	29.24$/month Ranked 13th. 10% more than Germany
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	641.11 Ranked 20th.	1,076.62 Ranked 10th. 68% more than Germany
Internet servers using encryption	52,494 Ranked 4th. 98 times more than Luxembourg	536 Ranked 41st.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	667.47 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 25% more than Luxembourg	535.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 13th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th.	3.69 per 1,000 people Ranked 5th. 35% more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	0.156$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 108th.	787.39$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 59th. 5047 times more than Germany
Internet > IP addresses (share)	2.8 Ranked 5th.	0.0 Ranked 198th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	24.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 29th.	199.07 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Germany
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	10 Number Ranked 13th. 10 times more than Luxembourg	1 Number Ranked 50th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people	0.482 Ranked 80th.	53.9 Ranked 18th. 112 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	34 Ranked 55th. 79% more than Luxembourg	19 Ranked 66th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.412 Ranked 103th.	41.48 Ranked 23th. 101 times more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.005$ per 1 million people Ranked 108th.	36.44$ per 1 million people Ranked 7th. 7288 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	4.65 per 1 million people Ranked 20th.	11.42 per 1 million people Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	2.02 million Ranked 10th. 24 times more than Luxembourg	86,000 Ranked 36th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.169 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 34th. 61% more than Luxembourg	0.105 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 71st.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	348.76 Ranked 26th.	569.15 Ranked 14th. 63% more than Germany
Phone subscribers	1,316.52 Ranked 10th.	1,700.95 Ranked 1st. 29% more than Germany
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$19.41 billion Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Luxembourg	$4.08 billion Ranked 15th.
Eurovision Song Contest 1966 > Results > Points	7 Ranked 11th. The same as Luxembourg	7 Ranked 10th.
Internet > ISP per million	2.43 Ranked 13th.	18.34 Ranked 20th. 8 times more than Germany
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	November 2002	April 2006
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	August 2003	1st September 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 1973 > Results > Points	85 Ranked 9th.	129 Ranked 1st. 52% more than Germany
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 115th. 24% more than Luxembourg	7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 75th.

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