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Media Stats: compare key data on India & Saint Helena

Definitions

  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of individual daily newspaper titles by country. "Titles" do not indicate companies, as newspaper companies can have different titles in different countries, regions and cities.
  • Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of daily newspapers circulated each day.
  • 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 > 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).
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • 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.

  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles: Number of non-daily newspaper titles by country.
  • Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation: Estimated number of individual non-daily newspapers in circulation by country.
STAT India Saint Helena HISTORY
Broadcast media Doordarshan, India's public TV network, operates about 20 national, regional, and local services; a large and increasing number of privately owned TV stations are distributed by cable and satellite service providers; by 2011, more than 100 million homes had access to cable and satellite TV offering more than 700 TV channels; government controls AM radio with All India Radio operating domestic and external networks; news broadcasts via radio are limited to the All India Radio Network; since 2000, privately-owned FM stations have been permitted and their numbers have increased rapidly St. Helena has no local TV station; 2 local radio stations, one of which is relayed to Ascension Island; satellite TV stations rebroadcast terrestrially; Ascension Island has no local TV station, but has 1 local radio station and receives relays of broadcasts from 1 St. Helena radio station; broadcasts from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) are available, as well as TV services for the US military; Tristan da Cunha has 1 local radio station and receives BFBS TV and radio broadcasts
Internet > ISP 43
Ranked 16th. 43 times more than Saint Helena
1
Ranked 161st.
Internet > Internet Service Providers 43
Ranked 27th. 43 times more than Saint Helena
1
Ranked 228th.
Internet > Internet penetration 12.6%
Ranked 162nd.
37.6%
Ranked 115th. 3 times more than India
Internet > Internet users 151.6 million
Ranked 3rd. 52168 times more than Saint Helena
2,906
Ranked 205th.
Internet > Users 80 million
Ranked 3rd. 80000 times more than Saint Helena
1,000
Ranked 91st.

Internet > Users > Per capita 70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
135.74 per 1,000 people
Ranked 34th. 92% more than India
Internet users 61.34 million
Ranked 6th. 68153 times more than Saint Helena
900
Ranked 205th.
Radio broadcast stations AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0
Telephone system > General assessment supported by recent deregulation and liberalization of telecommunications laws and policies, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world; total telephone subscribership base exceeded 900 million in 2011, an overall teledensity of roughly 75%, and subscribership is currently growing more than 20 million per month; urban teledensity now exceeds 100% and rural teledensity is steadily growing can communicate worldwide
Telephone system > International country code - 91; a number of major international submarine cable systems, including Sea-Me-We-3 with landing sites at Cochin and Mumbai (Bombay), Sea-Me-We-4 with a landing site at Chennai, Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) with a landing site at Mumbai (Bombay), South Africa - Far East (SAFE) with a landing site at Cochin, the i2i cable network linking to Singapore with landing sites at Mumbai (Bombay) and Chennai (Madras), and Tata Indicom linking Singapore and Chennai (Madras), provide a significant increase in the bandwidth available for both voice and data traffic; satellite earth stations - 8 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region); 9 gateway exchanges operating from Mumbai (Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chennai (Madras), Jalandhar, Kanpur, Gandhinagar, Hyderabad, and Ernakulam country code (Saint Helena) - 290, (Ascension Island) - 247; international direct dialing; satellite voice and data communications; satellite earth stations - 5 (Ascension Island - 4, Saint Helena - 1)
Telephones > Main lines in use 32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 10895 times more than Saint Helena
3,000
Ranked 213th.

Television broadcast stations 562
Ranked 2nd.
0.0
Ranked 13th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.582 per 1 million people
Ranked 56th.
0.0
Ranked 12th.
Televisions 63 million
Ranked 4th. 31500 times more than Saint Helena
2,000
Ranked 205th.
Radios 116 million
Ranked 4th. 38667 times more than Saint Helena
3,000
Ranked 215th.
Internet > Hosts 2.71 million
Ranked 24th. 8846 times more than Saint Helena
306
Ranked 167th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1,874
Ranked 1st.
0.0
Ranked 76th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 79.24 million
Ranked 2nd.
0.0
Ranked 50th.

Telephone system > Domestic mobile cellular service introduced in 1994 and organized nationwide into four metropolitan areas and 19 telecom circles each with multiple private service providers and one or more state-owned service providers; in recent years significant trunk capacity added in the form of fiber-optic cable and one of the world's largest domestic satellite systems, the Indian National Satellite system (INSAT), with 6 satellites supporting 33,000 very small aperture terminals (VSAT) automatic digital network
Internet country code .in .sh
Internet hosts None None
Internet > TLD .in .sh; note - Ascension Island assigned .ac
Internet > Livejournal users 1,602
Ranked 24th. 62 times more than Saint Helena
26
Ranked 196th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code 91 290
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 2.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 128th.
40.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th. 17 times more than India

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 5,351
Ranked 3rd. 2676 times more than Saint Helena
2
Ranked 109th.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Total average circulation 77.48 million
Ranked 5th. 51651 times more than Saint Helena
1,500
Ranked 23th.

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