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Households with television: Households with television are the share of households with a television set. Some countries report only the number of households with a color television set, and therefore the true number may be higher than reported.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people: Internet users (per 100 people). Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Internet > Users per 1000: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
Personal computers > Per capita: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
Television receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Televisions per 1000: The total number of televisions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Personal computers per 1000: Personal computers are self-contained computers designed to be used by a single individual. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
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$: Information and communications technology expenditures include computer hardware (computers, storage devices, printers, and other peripherals); computer software (operating systems, programming tools, utilities, applications, and internal software development); computer services (information technology consulting, computer and network systems integration, Web hosting, data processing services, and other services); and communications services (voice and data communications services) and wired and wireless communications equipment."
Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced: Number of national feature films produced.
Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
Average cost of local call: Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes). Cost of local call is the cost of a three-minute call within the same exchange area using the subscriber's equipment (that is, not from a public phone).
Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecoms > Telephone lines: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
Active military personnel: Active military.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
Radio receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Internet > Hosts per 1000: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Number of PCs per million: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
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.
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.
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.
Television > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of television channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
Arabsat -
Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes). Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
Telephone mainlines: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.
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 > Total number of channels: Total number of radio channels.
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.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people: Total number of film distribution companies. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies: Percentage of nationally based film distribution companies.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies: Total number of film distribution companies.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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 > Country calling code:
The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.
Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people: Total number of radio channels. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
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 government (public) radio institutions: Percentage of radio institutions that are financed by the government, also known as public radio institutions.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone systems > Privatisation: The year a nation privatised its telecommunications services. "n/a" indicates that the relevant firm was not privatized.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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)
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End: Date when analogue television was completely phased out in different countries.
Phone subscribers: Fixed line and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people). Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Internet > 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 > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage: Percentage of public radio channels with national coverage.
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.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Telephone lines: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology."
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports: Information and communication technology goods imports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports: Information and communication technology goods exports include telecommunications, audio and video, computer and related equipment; electronic components; and other information and communication technology goods. Software is excluded."
Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population 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.
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch: Official launch date of digital terrestrial television in different countries.
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).
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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).
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people: Number of non-daily newspaper titles per 1,000,000 literate inhabitants.
Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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.
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.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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 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.

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STAT	Germany	South Africa
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	the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) operates 4 TV stations, 3 are free-to-air and 1 is pay TV; e.tv, a private station, is accessible to more than half the population; multiple subscription TV services provide a mix of local and international channels; well developed mix of public and private radio stations at the national, regional, and local levels; the SABC radio network, state-owned and controlled but nominally independent, operates 18 stations, one for each of the 11 official languages, 4 community stations, and 3 commercial stations; more than 100 community-based stations extend coverage to rural areas
Households with television	95% Ranked 19th. 60% more than South Africa	59.2% Ranked 34th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000	340.79 Ranked 11th. 16 times more than South Africa	21.63 Ranked 116th.
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people	84 Ranked 21st. 2 times more than South Africa	41 Ranked 102nd.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people	841.64 Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa	411.77 Ranked 103th.
Internet > Users per 1000	516.61 Ranked 33th. 5 times more than South Africa	108.05 Ranked 81st.
Internet users	65.12 million Ranked 1st. 15 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 54th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies	<p>Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)</p>	<p>South African Press Association (SAPA)</p>
Personal computers > Per capita	545.35 per 1,000 people Ranked 15th. 6 times more than South Africa	84.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 25th.
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>SABC - state broadcaster with 20 regional and national services in 11 languages, including: national English-language network SAfm; contemporary music station 5 FM; national Afrikaans station Radio Sonder Grense; national Zulu station Ukhozi FM; Sesotho station Lesedi FM</p> </p>Channel Africa - SABC's pan-African external radio</p> </p>YFM - popular Johannesburg commercial R&B, soul and hip-hop station</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094861">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	131.3 Ranked 46th.	134.8 Ranked 41st. 3% more than Germany
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita	1,283.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 1st. 34% more than South Africa	961.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 43th.
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>SABC - state broadcaster, operates three national TV networks, two pay-TV channels</p> </p>e.tv - free-to-air, commercial; also operates news network eNCA</p> </p>M-Net - pay-TV, pan-African audience</p>
Television receivers > Per capita	566.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 11th. 4 times more than South Africa	127.06 per 1,000 people Ranked 91st.
Televisions per 1000	622.77 Ranked 10th. 5 times more than South Africa	130.11 Ranked 100th.
Personal computers per 1000	545.35 Ranked 16th. 6 times more than South Africa	84.03 Ranked 25th.
Radio broadcast stations	AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4	AM 14, FM 347 (plus 243 repeaters), shortwave 1
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people	267.47 Ranked 13th. 9 times more than South Africa	29.62 Ranked 57th.
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 97% more than South Africa	825.13 per 1,000 people Ranked 54th.
Internet > Users > Per capita	515.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 35th. 5 times more than South Africa	108.77 per 1,000 people Ranked 91st.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000	619.12 Ranked 4th. 8 times more than South Africa	78.75 Ranked 132nd.
Televisions	51.4 million Ranked 6th. 9 times more than South Africa	6 million Ranked 29th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita	595.34 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 6 times more than South Africa	105.5 per 1,000 people Ranked 80th.
Internet users > Per 100 people	75.48 Ranked 12th. 9 times more than South Africa	8.58 Ranked 125th.
Internet > Internet users	68.3 million Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Africa	20.01 million Ranked 25th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily > Per capita	291.28 per 1,000 people Ranked 9th. 11 times more than South Africa	25.41 per 1,000 people Ranked 50th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	566,056 Mbps Ranked 3rd. 642 times more than South Africa	881.5 Mbps Ranked 57th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita	6,859.93 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 8th. 361 times more than South Africa	19.01 Mbps per 1 million peop Ranked 92nd.
Personal computers	45 million Ranked 4th. 11 times more than South Africa	3.97 million Ranked 10th.
Television broadcast stations	373 Ranked 4th.	556 Ranked 3rd. 49% more than Germany
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes	15.68 billion min. Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than South Africa	1.25 billion min. Ranked 24th.
Radios per 1000	942.64 Ranked 16th. 3 times more than South Africa	368.63 Ranked 89th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000	1,282.02 Ranked 32nd. 36% more than South Africa	941.52 Ranked 76th.
Information and communication technology spending > Current US$	$181.18 billion Ranked 4th. 7 times more than South Africa	$27.02 billion Ranked 18th.
Internet > Percent using internet	84% Ranked 20th. 2 times more than South Africa	41% Ranked 102nd.
Telephones > Mobile cellular	108.7 million Ranked 10th. 70% more than South Africa	64 million Ranked 19th.
Radio receivers > Per capita	0.948 per capita Ranked 17th. 3 times more than South Africa	0.336 per capita Ranked 84th.
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000	594.61 Ranked 8th. 7 times more than South Africa	87.59 Ranked 123th.
Telephone mainlines per 1000	667.47 Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than South Africa	100.19 Ranked 87th.
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>The Star - Johannesburg-based daily, city's oldest newspaper</p> </p>The Sowetan - Johannesburg-based tabloid</p> </p>Beeld - largest Afrikaans daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094861">Full Article</a>
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	the system is the best developed and most modern in Africa
Television receivers per 1000	566.83 Ranked 12th. 4 times more than South Africa	127.06 Ranked 88th.
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced	212 Ranked 9th. 10 times more than South Africa	22 Ranked 45th.
Internet > IP addresses per capita	1,452.93 Ranked 24th. 3 times more than South Africa	417.67 Ranked 72nd.
Average cost of local call	0.09 Ranked 33th. 29% more than South Africa	0.07 Ranked 50th.
Internet > Users	42.5 million Ranked 5th. 8 times more than South Africa	5.1 million Ranked 23th.
Internet > Internet penetration	84% Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than South Africa	41% Ranked 107th.
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000	960.36 Ranked 22nd. 33% more than South Africa	719.51 Ranked 47th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000	1,314.67 Ranked 43th.	1,336.1 Ranked 40th. 2% more than Germany
Telecoms > Telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 13 times more than South Africa	4.03 million Ranked 41st.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions	107.66 million Ranked 11th. 57% more than South Africa	68.39 million Ranked 19th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers	200 Ranked 8th. 33% more than South Africa	150 Ranked 10th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	27.91 million Ranked 4th. 25 times more than South Africa	1.11 million Ranked 54th.
Telephones > Main lines in use	51.8 million Ranked 4th. 13 times more than South Africa	4.13 million Ranked 42nd.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people	60.51 Ranked 7th. 8 times more than South Africa	7.69 Ranked 133th.
Active military personnel	182,927 Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa	62,082 Ranked 41st.
Radio receivers per 1000	948.38 Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa	335.97 Ranked 83th.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita	960.36 per 1,000 people Ranked 23th. 33% more than South Africa	724.27 per 1,000 people Ranked 48th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000	275.31 Ranked 21st. 10 times more than South Africa	26.58 Ranked 65th.
Number of PCs per million	484.75 Ranked 18th. 6 times more than South Africa	80.15 Ranked 73th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions	92.4 million Ranked 16th. 35% more than South Africa	68.39 million Ranked 19th.
Radio receivers	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 6 times more than South Africa	13.75 million Ranked 26th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones	107 million Ranked 11th. 80% more than South Africa	59.47 million Ranked 22nd.
Television receivers	46.5 million Ranked 6th. 9 times more than South Africa	5.2 million Ranked 29th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology	3,718 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than South Africa	516 Ranked 15th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita	4.57 per 1 million people Ranked 16th.	13.59 per 1 million people Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	0.43$ Ranked 105th.	0.79$ Ranked 86th. 84% more than Germany
Mobile phone subscribers	79.2 million Ranked 7th. 2 times more than South Africa	33.96 million Ranked 17th.
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 - 27; the SAT-3/WASC and SAFE fiber-optic submarine cable systems connect South Africa to Europe and Asia; the EASSy fiber-optic cable system connects with Europe and North America; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean)
Internet > ISP	200 Ranked 2nd. 33% more than South Africa	150 Ranked 4th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000	129.75 Ranked 23th. 37 times more than South Africa	3.5 Ranked 73th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines	50.7 million Ranked 4th. 13 times more than South Africa	4.03 million Ranked 41st.
Radios	77.8 million Ranked 6th. 5 times more than South Africa	17 million Ranked 24th.
Internet > Hosts	22.61 million Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than South Africa	1.3 million Ranked 34th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily per 1000	291.27 Ranked 9th. 11 times more than South Africa	25.41 Ranked 50th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million	6,859.93 Mbps Ranked 8th. 363 times more than South Africa	18.89 Mbps Ranked 91st.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation	22.1 million Ranked 5th. 16 times more than South Africa	1.41 million Ranked 32nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles	347 Ranked 6th. 19 times more than South Africa	18 Ranked 50th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced	37.74% Ranked 16th.	72.73% Ranked 3rd. 93% more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	23.95 million Ranked 4th. 21 times more than South Africa	1.12 million Ranked 30th.
Internet > Top level domain	.de	.za
Television > Total number of channels	29 Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than South Africa	4 Ranked 42nd.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP	0.061$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 35th.	0.099$ per $1 of GDP Ranked 4th. 62% more than Germany
Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people	2.59 Ranked 39th. 6 times more than South Africa	0.435 Ranked 71st.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences	2,756 Ranked 5th. 8 times more than South Africa	330 Ranked 24th.
Television > Total number of channels per million people	0.352 Ranked 23th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.0847 Ranked 63th.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	267.83 Ranked 14th. 9 times more than South Africa	30.17 Ranked 59th.
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	combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is roughly 140 telephones per 100 persons; consists of carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay links, fiber-optic cable, radiotelephone communication stations, and wireless local loops; key centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria
Internet country code	.de	.za
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP	205.76 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 12th. 50 times more than South Africa	4.11 Mbps per $1 trillion of Ranked 113th.
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita	190.76 min. Ranked 25th. 7 times more than South Africa	27.47 min. Ranked 80th.
Telephone mainlines	55.05 million Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than South Africa	4.73 million Ranked 27th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita	0.951 per 1,000 people Ranked 16th. 7 times more than South Africa	0.138 per 1,000 people Ranked 43th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita	129.75 per 1,000 people Ranked 24th. 37 times more than South Africa	3.52 per 1,000 people Ranked 73th.
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering	No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	7.4$/month Ranked 164th.	63.21$/month Ranked 18th. 9 times more than Germany
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita	190.77 min. per capita Ranked 24th. 7 times more than South Africa	27.6 min. per capita Ranked 78th.
Internet hosts	None	None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films	62.26% Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than South Africa	27.27% Ranked 58th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita	2,173.49$ per capita Ranked 18th. 4 times more than South Africa	537.47$ per capita Ranked 31st.
Information and communication technology spending per capita > Current US$	$2,212.74 Ranked 16th. 4 times more than South Africa	$547.80 Ranked 34th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature	12,798 Ranked 4th. 10 times more than South Africa	1,227 Ranked 25th.
Mobile cellular subscriptions	105.52 million Ranked 9th. 2 times more than South Africa	45 million Ranked 23th.
Internet > Broadband subscribers	10.7 million Ranked 5th. 65 times more than South Africa	165,290 Ranked 48th.
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million	2.42 Ranked 76th.	3.25 Ranked 64th. 34% more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences	10,550 Ranked 4th. 11 times more than South Africa	1,002 Ranked 24th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	382 Ranked 6th. 24 times more than South Africa	16 Ranked 44th.
Internet > IP addresses	118.13 million Ranked 5th. 6 times more than South Africa	20.39 million Ranked 20th.
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions	5.14% Ranked 46th.	33.33% Ranked 16th. 6 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people	73.92 Ranked 30th.	163.51 Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Germany
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU	5700000000	6586000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	27.52 Ranked 16th. 32 times more than South Africa	0.87 Ranked 105th.
Number of PCs	40,000 Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than South Africa	3,740 Ranked 26th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people	619.12 Ranked 6th. 8 times more than South Africa	78.75 Ranked 138th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total	78,042 Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than South Africa	5,418 Ranked 27th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions	33.34 million Ranked 11th. 3 times more than South Africa	12.7 million Ranked 21st.
Television broadcast stations per million	4.57 Ranked 18th.	13.59 Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Germany
Radio > Total number of channels	56 Ranked 20th. 3 times more than South Africa	19 Ranked 30th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million	951.18 Ranked 17th. 7 times more than South Africa	138.5 Ranked 42nd.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation	5,921 Ranked 4th. 38 times more than South Africa	156 Ranked 32nd.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	25 Ranked 43th.	261 Ranked 16th. 10 times more than Germany
Internet > TLD	.de	.za
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people	128.51 Ranked 23th. 39% more than South Africa	92.23 Ranked 74th.
Internet > Livejournal users	9,346 Ranked 6th. 14 times more than South Africa	682 Ranked 37th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers	28,730 Ranked 4th. 26 times more than South Africa	1,104 Ranked 26th.
Cinema > Number of distribution companies per million people	1.26 Ranked 28th. 11 times more than South Africa	0.119 Ranked 47th.
Cinema > Percentage of nationally controlled distribution companies	93.2% Ranked 19th.	100% Ranked 6th. 7% more than Germany
Cinema > Number of distribution companies	103 Ranked 4th. 17 times more than South Africa	6 Ranked 36th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily per 1000	24.58 Ranked 29th.	96.14 Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Germany
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date	2002.11.01	2006.11.10
Telecommunications > Country calling code	49	27
Telephone subscribers per 1000	1,627.83 Ranked 5th. 99% more than South Africa	819.71 Ranked 56th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration	41% Ranked 40th. 58% more than South Africa	26% Ranked 62nd.
E-Government rating	52.6 Ranked 11th. 25% more than South Africa	42 Ranked 80th.
Population covered by mobile telephony	99% Ranked 20th. 3% more than South Africa	96% Ranked 35th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita	156.24 per 1 million people Ranked 18th. 5 times more than South Africa	31.36 per 1 million people Ranked 37th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million	33.64 Ranked 21st. 4 times more than South Africa	8.44 Ranked 37th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million	4.65 Ranked 21st. 13 times more than South Africa	0.364 Ranked 69th.
Television > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	58.62% Ranked 22nd.	75% Ranked 19th. 28% more than Germany
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita	348.62 per 1 million people Ranked 27th. 15 times more than South Africa	23.3 per 1 million people Ranked 74th.
Radio > Total number of channels per million people	0.679 Ranked 53th. 69% more than South Africa	0.403 Ranked 61st.
Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people	0.121 Number Ranked 37th. 6 times more than South Africa	0.0212 Number Ranked 46th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines	48.7 million Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 35th.
Radio > Percentage of government (public) radio institutions	4.72% Ranked 40th.	16.67% Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million	156.24 Ranked 18th. 5 times more than South Africa	31.37 Ranked 37th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita	76.75 per 1 million people Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than South Africa	3.48 per 1 million people Ranked 49th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History	9,695 Ranked 2nd. 51 times more than South Africa	190 Ranked 33th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita	0.304 per 1 million people Ranked 58th.	5.93 per 1 million people Ranked 36th. 20 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million	0.304 Ranked 58th.	5.93 Ranked 36th. 20 times more than Germany
Internet > Livejournal users per million	113.26 Ranked 63th. 8 times more than South Africa	14.61 Ranked 119th.
Internet > Linux web servers	1,919 Ranked 3rd. 23 times more than South Africa	85 Ranked 20th.
Website defacements	162 Ranked 10th. 10% more than South Africa	147 Ranked 14th.
Website defacements per million	1.97 Ranked 63th.	3.27 Ranked 49th. 66% more than Germany
Television standard > UHF	PAL G	PAL I
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.04% GDP Ranked 51st.	5.73% GDP Ranked 16th. 88% more than Germany
Telephone subscribers per employee	559.19 Ranked 32nd.	725.35 Ranked 15th. 30% more than Germany
Telephone subscribers	134.25 million Ranked 5th. 3 times more than South Africa	38.69 million Ranked 15th.
Telephone subscribers > Per capita	1,627.83 per 1,000 people Ranked 6th. 97% more than South Africa	825.13 per 1,000 people Ranked 54th.
Telephone systems > Privatisation	1996	1997
World music market > Digital Singles Sales Share in 2005	5%	< 0.1%
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita	0.005$ per 1 million people Ranked 108th.	0.017$ per 1 million people Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Germany
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP	0.156$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 108th.	3.68$ per $1 trillion of GD Ranked 90th. 24 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million	118.35 Ranked 8th. 24 times more than South Africa	4.86 Ranked 48th.
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU	68300000000	87342000000
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people	1,128.35 Ranked 77th.	1,336.1 Ranked 41st. 18% more than Germany
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	4.21 Ranked 48th. 11 times more than South Africa	0.386 Ranked 128th.
Digital terrestrial television > Analog Switch-Off	Planned 2008	1 November 2011
Royalties and fees	$34.40 Ranked 14th. 25 times more than South Africa	$1.40 Ranked 31st.
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Start of closedown	August 2003	1 November 2008
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	November 2002	March, 2006
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Analog switch off > End	2008-12-02 completed	1/11/2011
Phone subscribers	1,316.52 Ranked 10th. 4 times more than South Africa	364.32 Ranked 66th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million	348.76 Ranked 26th. 15 times more than South Africa	23.13 Ranked 72nd.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles	34 Ranked 55th.	314 Ranked 23th. 9 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million	76.75 Ranked 3rd. 22 times more than South Africa	3.48 Ranked 48th.
Radio > Percentage of public channels with national coverage	3.57% Ranked 46th.	26.32% Ranked 20th. 7 times more than Germany
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation	6.1 million Ranked 10th.	7.63 million Ranked 9th. 25% more than Germany
Phone system > International dialling code	+49	+27
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities	6,287 Ranked 1st. 46 times more than South Africa	136 Ranked 33th.
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP	33.72% Ranked 34th. 3 times more than South Africa	10.56% Ranked 101st.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports	49.15% Ranked 16th. 4 times more than South Africa	12.58% Ranked 104th.
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	37.74% Ranked 37th. 79% more than South Africa	21.07% Ranked 89th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita	197.9 per 1 million people Ranked 14th. 6 times more than South Africa	32.26 per 1 million people Ranked 42nd.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita	274.45 per 1,000 people Ranked 22nd. 10 times more than South Africa	26.59 per 1,000 people Ranked 78th.
Telephone lines	51.4 million Ranked 4th. 12 times more than South Africa	4.42 million Ranked 31st.
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers	22.6 million Ranked 4th. 53 times more than South Africa	426,000 Ranked 56th.
ICT goods imports > % total goods imports	8.81% Ranked 33th. 1% more than South Africa	8.76% Ranked 35th.
ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports	6.9% Ranked 23th. 4 times more than South Africa	1.61% Ranked 60th.
Television standard > VHF	PAL B	PAL I
Internet > ISP per million	2.43 Ranked 13th.	3.34 Ranked 10th. 38% more than Germany
Telephone system > Regulation	1998	1997
Television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2003-03	2006-03
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people	61.84 Ranked 6th. 8 times more than South Africa	7.94 Ranked 130th.
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month	26.47$/month Ranked 21st. 16% more than South Africa	22.74$/month Ranked 27th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million	72.28 Ranked 16th. 18 times more than South Africa	3.99 Ranked 43th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million	45.39 Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa	13.19 Ranked 35th.
Internet > Linux web servers per million	23.3 Ranked 14th. 12 times more than South Africa	1.89 Ranked 56th.
Idol series > Idol around the world > Winners	<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_sucht_den_Superstar_%28Season_1%29">Season 1, 2002-03</a> : Alexander Klaws <br> Season 2, 2003-04 : Elli Erl <br> Season 3, 2005-06 : Tobias Regner<br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_sucht_den_Superstar_%28Season_4%29">Season 4, 2007</a> : In progress	Season 1, 2002 : Heinz Winckler <br> Season 2, 2003 : Anke Pietrangeli <br> Season 3, 2005 : Karin Kortje <br> Season 4, 2006 : Dewald Louw
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita	33.65 per 1 million people Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than South Africa	8.44 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.
ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$	$19.41 billion Ranked 5th. 43 times more than South Africa	$453.91 million Ranked 36th.
Number of PCs > Per $ GDP	0.169 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 34th. 2 times more than South Africa	0.076 per $10 million of GDP Ranked 89th.
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	2.02 million Ranked 10th.	4.23 million Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita	4.65 per 1 million people Ranked 20th. 13 times more than South Africa	0.364 per 1 million people Ranked 68th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences	16,210 Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than South Africa	1,262 Ranked 24th.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people	0.412 Ranked 103th.	6.73 Ranked 66th. 16 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology	3,580 Ranked 1st. 108 times more than South Africa	33 Ranked 41st.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people	410.81 Ranked 39th. 57% more than South Africa	261.28 Ranked 62nd.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people	0.482 Ranked 80th.	11.84 Ranked 46th. 25 times more than Germany
Internet > IP addresses (share)	2.8 Ranked 5th. 6 times more than South Africa	0.5 Ranked 21st.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines	8.7 per 100 mainlines Ranked 115th.	48.2 per 100 mainlines Ranked 20th. 6 times more than Germany
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita	43.7 per 1 million people Ranked 9th. 52 times more than South Africa	0.844 per 1 million people Ranked 54th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita	118.36 per 1 million people Ranked 8th. 24 times more than South Africa	4.86 per 1 million people Ranked 49th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita	128.8 per 1 million people Ranked 16th. 5 times more than South Africa	25.61 per 1 million people Ranked 38th.
Internet > ISP > Per capita	2.43 per 1 million people Ranked 13th.	3.35 per 1 million people Ranked 9th. 38% more than Germany
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily > Per capita	24.58 per 1,000 people Ranked 29th.	96.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Germany
Total number of combined radio and television institutions	10 Number Ranked 13th. 10 times more than South Africa	1 Number Ranked 44th.
Everybody Hates Chris > International Broadcasts > Series Premiere	September 16 2006	July 2006
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people	1,090.92 Ranked 24th. 13 times more than South Africa	83.75 Ranked 75th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people	34.04 Ranked 11th. 16 times more than South Africa	2.18 Ranked 117th.
Telephone lines > Per 100 people	62.6 Ranked 6th. 7 times more than South Africa	9.07 Ranked 123th.
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	17.34$/month Ranked 32nd. 31% more than South Africa	13.26$/month Ranked 63th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita	45.39 per 1 million people Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Africa	13.19 per 1 million people Ranked 35th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million	43.7 Ranked 9th. 52 times more than South Africa	0.844 Ranked 53th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million	197.89 Ranked 14th. 6 times more than South Africa	32.26 Ranked 41st.
Music sales > Singles > Millions	7.5 Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than South Africa	0.5 Ranked 8th.
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people	641.11 Ranked 20th. 16 times more than South Africa	40.43 Ranked 68th.
Internet servers using encryption	52,494 Ranked 4th. 26 times more than South Africa	1,994 Ranked 25th.
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million	128.79 Ranked 16th. 5 times more than South Africa	25.61 Ranked 37th.
Telephone mainlines > Per capita	667.47 per 1,000 people Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than South Africa	100.86 per 1,000 people Ranked 86th.
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita	2.73 per 1,000 people Ranked 12th. 4 times more than South Africa	0.764 per 1,000 people Ranked 60th.
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	8.53% Ranked 69th.	9.77% Ranked 85th. 15% more than Germany

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