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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 multiple national TV networks with 2 of the 3 largest networks publicly operated; the largest privately owned network, Seoul Broadcasting Service (SBS), has ties with other commercial TV networks; cable and satellite TV subscription services available; publicly operated radio broadcast networks and many privately owned radio broadcasting networks, each with multiple affiliates, and independent local stations
Households with television 32%
Ranked 98th.
98.01%
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than India

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 11.57
Ranked 128th.
365.01
Ranked 6th. 32 times more than India

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 12.58
Ranked 155th.
84.1
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than India

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 124.18
Ranked 159th.
839.37
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than India
Internet > Users per 1000 69.02
Ranked 111th.
732.33
Ranked 8th. 11 times more than India

Internet users 61.34 million
Ranked 6th. 56% more than South Korea
39.4 million
Ranked 11th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Press Trust of India (PTI) - non-profit, owned by newspaper titles</p> </p>Asian News International (ANI) - commercial, privately-owned multimedia news agency</p> </p>Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) - privately-owned newswire</p> <p>Yonhap News Agency - English-language pages</p>
Personal computers > Per capita 15.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 48th.
544.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 16th. 35 times more than India

Radio > List of radio stations <p>All India Radio - public, operates domestic and external networks</p> </p>Radio One - commercial radio network in six big cities</p> </p>Radio Mirchi - commercial network, stations in Mumbai, Delhi and other cities, mainly music, operated by The Times Group</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) - public, operates six networks</p> </p>KBS World Radio - external broadcaster, operated by KBS</p> </p>Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation - public, operates MBC Radio and music-based MBC FM</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 68.72
Ranked 152nd.
110.36
Ranked 83th. 61% more than India

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th.
886.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 52nd. 3 times more than India

Television > List of TV stations <p>Doordarshan - public TV; operates national, regional, local and satellite services</p> </p>CNN-IBN - 24-hour news channel in English, partially owned by CNN&#039;s parent, Turner International</p> </p>New Delhi TV (NDTV) - operates NDTV 24x7 and NDTV-India news channels in English and Hindi</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) - public, operates two networks; web pages in English</p> </p>Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) - public</p> </p>Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) - private</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 65.26 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
346 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 5 times more than India

Televisions per 1000 57.6
Ranked 133th.
332.23
Ranked 50th. 6 times more than India
Personal computers per 1000 15.08
Ranked 48th.
545.41
Ranked 15th. 36 times more than India

Radio broadcast stations AM 153, FM 91, shortwave 68 AM 61, FM 150, shortwave 2
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
1,285.61 per 1,000 people
Ranked 31st. 10 times more than India

Internet > Users > Per capita 70.81 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.
725.66 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 10 times more than India

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 25.13
Ranked 157th.
601.94
Ranked 6th. 24 times more than India

Televisions 63 million
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea
15.9 million
Ranked 16th.
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd.
487.41 per 1,000 people
Ranked 15th. 11 times more than India

Internet > Internet users 151.6 million
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Korea
41.09 million
Ranked 12th.
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 20,000 Mbps
Ranked 8th.
49,766 Mbps
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than India

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 18.27 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 59th.
1,030.48 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 15th. 56 times more than India

Personal computers 17 million
Ranked 4th.
26.2 million
Ranked 7th. 54% more than India

Television broadcast stations 562
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than South Korea
43
Ranked 3rd.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 3.1 billion min.
Ranked 8th.
3.87 billion min.
Ranked 9th. 25% more than India

Radios per 1000 106.05
Ranked 164th.
992.5
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than India
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 555.73
Ranked 4th.
974.83
Ranked 72nd. 75% more than India

Internet > Percent using internet 12.58%
Ranked 153th.
84.1%
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than India

Telephones > Mobile cellular 893.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 17 times more than South Korea
52.51 million
Ranked 26th.

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.12 per capita
Ranked 147th.
1.03 per capita
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than India

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 29.67
Ranked 4th.
392.2
Ranked 33th. 13 times more than India

Telephone mainlines per 1000 44.14
Ranked 103th.
493.27
Ranked 14th. 11 times more than India

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Times of India - Mumbai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindu - Chennai-based daily</p> </p>The Hindustan Times - New Delhi-based daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12557390">Full Article</a> <p>Chosun Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Dong-a Ilbo - English-language pages</p> </p>Korea Times - English-language pages</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15291415">Full Article</a>
Films produced 946
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than South Korea
82
Ranked 12th.
Cinema attendance 2.86 billion
Ranked 1st. 52 times more than South Korea
54.72 million
Ranked 15th.
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 excellent domestic and international services featuring rapid incorporation of new technologies
Cinema attendance per capita 2.61
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than South Korea
1.14
Ranked 30th.
Television receivers per 1000 63.61
Ranked 112th.
346
Ranked 43th. 5 times more than India

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced 1,255
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea
216
Ranked 8th.

Internet > IP addresses per capita 28.78
Ranked 162nd.
2,297.13
Ranked 11th. 80 times more than India
Internet > Users 80 million
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than South Korea
35.59 million
Ranked 7th.

Internet > Internet penetration 12.6%
Ranked 162nd.
84.1%
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than India
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 79.85
Ranked 131st.
796.51
Ranked 39th. 10 times more than India

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 699.22
Ranked 148th.
1,072.4
Ranked 93th. 53% more than India

Televisions > Households with TV 60.65 million
Ranked 1st. 41 times more than South Korea
1.48 million
Ranked 3rd.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 3% more than South Korea
30.1 million
Ranked 11th.

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than South Korea
53.62 million
Ranked 25th.

Internet > Internet Service Providers 43
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than South Korea
11
Ranked 84th.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 14.31 million
Ranked 10th.
18.25 million
Ranked 8th. 28% more than India

Cinemas > Per capita 0.023 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 77% more than South Korea
0.013 per 1,000 people
Ranked 31st.

Telephones > Main lines in use 32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 11% more than South Korea
29.47 million
Ranked 11th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 2.51
Ranked 156th.
61.42
Ranked 5th. 24 times more than India

Active military personnel 1.32 million
Ranked 1st. 93% more than South Korea
687,000
Ranked 3rd.
Radio receivers per 1000 117.12
Ranked 148th.
1,033.64
Ranked 9th. 9 times more than India

Televisions > Households with TV per thousand people 57.24
Ranked 3rd. 82% more than South Korea
31.4
Ranked 3rd.
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 82.22 per 1,000 people
Ranked 129th.
793.93 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st. 10 times more than India

Internet > Hosts per 1000 2.3
Ranked 110th.
6.82
Ranked 91st. 3 times more than India

Number of PCs per million 11.73
Ranked 129th.
545.41
Ranked 14th. 46 times more than India
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 864.72 million
Ranked 2nd. 16 times more than South Korea
53.62 million
Ranked 26th.

Radio receivers 116 million
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Korea
47.5 million
Ranked 11th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 904.48 million
Ranked 2nd. 17 times more than South Korea
52.51 million
Ranked 26th.
Television receivers 63 million
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Korea
15.9 million
Ranked 16th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology 1,150
Ranked 7th.
1,605
Ranked 9th. 40% more than India

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.582 per 1 million people
Ranked 56th.
0.89 per 1 million people
Ranked 10th. 53% more than India

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 1.19$
Ranked 66th. 57% more than South Korea
0.76$
Ranked 90th.

Mobile phone subscribers 90 million
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than South Korea
38.34 million
Ranked 15th.

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 - 82; numerous submarine cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and US; satellite earth stations - 66
Internet > ISP 43
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than South Korea
11
Ranked 62nd.
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 1.15
Ranked 86th.
253.25
Ranked 2nd. 220 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 31.08 million
Ranked 10th. 3% more than South Korea
30.1 million
Ranked 11th.

Radios 116 million
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Korea
47.5 million
Ranked 11th.
Films produced per million 0.865
Ranked 32nd.
1.71
Ranked 24th. 98% more than India
Internet > Hosts 2.71 million
Ranked 24th. 8 times more than South Korea
333,823
Ranked 51st.

Cinemas > Annual attendance 2.86 billion
Ranked 1st. 52 times more than South Korea
54.7 million
Ranked 11th.

Cinemas > Annual attendance per capita 2.84
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than South Korea
1.17
Ranked 25th.

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 17.74 Mbps
Ranked 59th.
1,033.82 Mbps
Ranked 15th. 58 times more than India

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 1,874
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than South Korea
139
Ranked 13th.

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 79.24 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than South Korea
17.5 million
Ranked 7th.
Cinema > Percentage of feature films co-produced 0.0
Ranked 42nd.
2.04%
Ranked 24th.

Internet > Top level domain .in .kr
Television > Total number of channels 27
Ranked 17th. 13% more than South Korea
24
Ranked 19th.
Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.058$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 39th.
0.069$ per $1 of GDP
Ranked 27th. 19% more than India

Cinema > Number of national feature films produced per million people 1.03
Ranked 56th.
4.34
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences 570
Ranked 16th. 59% more than South Korea
359
Ranked 27th.

Television > Total number of channels per million people 0.024
Ranked 66th.
0.499
Ranked 39th. 21 times more than India
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 71.35
Ranked 44th.
384.4
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than India
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) fixed-line and mobile-cellular services widely available with a combined telephone subscribership of roughly 170 per 100 persons; rapid assimilation of a full range of telecommunications technologies leading to a boom in e-commerce
Internet country code .in .kr
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 24.82 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 41st.
63.19 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than India

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 2.88 min.
Ranked 112th.
80.84 min.
Ranked 44th. 28 times more than India

Telephone mainlines 49.75 million
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Korea
23.75 million
Ranked 9th.

Cinemas 21,801
Ranked 2nd. 37 times more than South Korea
588
Ranked 12th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total > Per capita 0.014 per 1,000 people
Ranked 55th.
0.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 22nd. 48 times more than India

Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 1.19 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th.
252.43 per 1,000 people
Ranked 2nd. 212 times more than India

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Selective filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 6.78$/month
Ranked 169th.
32.62$/month
Ranked 52nd. 5 times more than India

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 2.96 min. per capita
Ranked 110th.
80.86 min. per capita
Ranked 44th. 27 times more than India

Internet hosts None None
Cinema > Percentage of fully nationally produced feature films 100%
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than South Korea
97.96%
Ranked 14th.

Information and communication technology expenditure > Current US$ > Per capita 49.83$ per capita
Ranked 69th.
1,213.77$ per capita
Ranked 22nd. 24 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology 275
Ranked 18th.
1,384
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature 5,294
Ranked 5th. 27% more than South Korea
4,164
Ranked 11th.

Internet > Broadband subscribers 1.3 million
Ranked 22nd.
12.19 million
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than India

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.0393
Ranked 192nd.
0.23
Ranked 163th. 6 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences 760
Ranked 23th.
3,513
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than India

Cinemas per million 22.01
Ranked 34th. 75% more than South Korea
12.61
Ranked 31st.

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily 5,221
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than South Korea
116
Ranked 11th.

Internet > IP addresses 34.69 million
Ranked 15th.
112.24 million
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than India
Television > Percentage of Government (public) television institutions 1.2%
Ranked 59th.
5.61%
Ranked 44th. 5 times more than India
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 165710000000 6202700000000
Number of PCs 13,030
Ranked 12th.
26,201
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than India
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 25.13
Ranked 161st.
601.94
Ranked 8th. 24 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total 14,085
Ranked 9th.
30,487
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 59.05 million
Ranked 7th. 14% more than South Korea
51.81 million
Ranked 8th.
Internet > Broadband access 623,000
Ranked 31st.
11.99 million
Ranked 4th. 19 times more than India
Television broadcast stations per million 0.567
Ranked 61st.
0.893
Ranked 8th. 57% more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation 573
Ranked 15th.
6,543
Ranked 3rd. 11 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Total per million 13.98
Ranked 57th.
669.68
Ranked 22nd. 48 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily 38,607
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than South Korea
4,708
Ranked 2nd.

Internet > TLD .in .kr
Internet > Livejournal users 1,602
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than South Korea
607
Ranked 39th.
Internet > Secure Internet servers 825
Ranked 29th.
1,070
Ranked 27th. 30% more than India

Cinemas > Annual attendance > Per capita 2.91 per capita
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than South Korea
1.17 per capita
Ranked 26th.

Telecommunications > Country calling code 91 82
Telephone subscribers per 1000 123.99
Ranked 112th.
1,289.78
Ranked 28th. 10 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 4.9%
Ranked 109th.
106%
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than India
E-Government rating 45.1
Ranked 57th.
64
Ranked 2nd. 42% more than India
Television > Digital TV households 3,301
Ranked 4th.
5,074
Ranked 3rd. 54% more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences per million 0.566
Ranked 53th.
7.89
Ranked 41st. 14 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature > Per capita 5.39 per 1 million people
Ranked 47th.
91.47 per 1 million people
Ranked 29th. 17 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily per million 5.18
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than South Korea
2.47
Ranked 39th.

Non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast First broadcast in 1991 on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAR_TV_%28Asia%29">STAR TV</a> as . First broadcast on a local broadcaster by Hungama TV in 2005. 2001
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 0.743 per 1 million people
Ranked 133th.
22.1 per 1 million people
Ranked 76th. 30 times more than India

Total number of combined radio and television institutions per million people 0.00177 Number
Ranked 51st.
1.47 Number
Ranked 15th. 831 times more than India
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 30.79 million
Ranked 9th. 4% more than South Korea
29.47 million
Ranked 11th.
Television > Digital TV households per million 3.07
Ranked 11th.
106.55
Ranked 2nd. 35 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History 1,299
Ranked 8th. 81% more than South Korea
716
Ranked 19th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Literature per million 5.25
Ranked 49th.
91.47
Ranked 27th. 17 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities > Per capita 0.413 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
6.66 per 1 million people
Ranked 43th. 16 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily per million 38.31
Ranked 15th.
100.15
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than India

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily > Per capita 39.31 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th.
100.15 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than India

Internet > Livejournal users per million 1.44
Ranked 185th.
12.64
Ranked 125th. 9 times more than India
Television > Subscription TV revenues per million 1.71
Ranked 10th.
21.36
Ranked 5th. 12 times more than India
Website defacements 119
Ranked 16th.
288
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than India
Internet > Linux web servers 25
Ranked 41st.
47
Ranked 27th. 88% more than India
Website defacements per million 0.112
Ranked 115th.
6.08
Ranked 26th. 54 times more than India
1995 Shanghai International Film Festival > In competition > Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra Kum Whan Jo
Telephone subscribers 139.75 million
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than South Korea
62.09 million
Ranked 11th.

Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 3.28$/month
Ranked 110th.
8.31$/month
Ranked 88th. 3 times more than India

Telephone subscribers per employee 107.93
Ranked 120th.
566.93
Ranked 28th. 5 times more than India

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 1.93% GDP
Ranked 69th.
4.81% GDP
Ranked 25th. 2 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology per million 1.14
Ranked 49th.
35.26
Ranked 22nd. 31 times more than India

Internet > Linux web servers per million 0.0236
Ranked 97th.
0.992
Ranked 67th. 42 times more than India
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.001$ per 1 million people
Ranked 111th.
0.016$ per 1 million people
Ranked 93th. 16 times more than India

Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 1.71$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 96th. 53% more than South Korea
1.12$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 100th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences per million 0.754
Ranked 54th.
77.17
Ranked 21st. 102 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 699.22
Ranked 148th.
1,072.4
Ranked 91st. 53% more than India

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 1.14
Ranked 128th.
37.56
Ranked 7th. 33 times more than India

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 3.57
Ranked 145th.
2,751.56
Ranked 4th. 771 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Households with landlines 17.55 million
Ranked 1st. 31% more than South Korea
13.41 million
Ranked 1st.
Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles 5,351
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than South Korea
2,310
Ranked 7th.

Total number of combined radio and television institutions 2 Number
Ranked 27th.
71 Number
Ranked 5th. 36 times more than India
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.042 per 1 million people
Ranked 124th.
0.234 per 1 million people
Ranked 106th. 6 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities per million 0.403
Ranked 53th.
6.66
Ranked 42nd. 17 times more than India

Telephone subscribers > Per capita 127.67 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
1,285.61 per 1,000 people
Ranked 31st. 10 times more than India

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 48.37
Ranked 111th.
1,058.33
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology 408
Ranked 14th.
678
Ranked 12th. 66% more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences > Per capita 3.41 per 1 million people
Ranked 53th.
70.31 per 1 million people
Ranked 36th. 21 times more than India

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 2.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 128th.
6.9 per 1,000 people
Ranked 105th. 3 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Pure sciences > Per capita 0.58 per 1 million people
Ranked 49th.
7.89 per 1 million people
Ranked 42nd. 14 times more than India

Television standard > VHF PAL B NTSC M
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP 65.89%
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than South Korea
21.59%
Ranked 63th.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 66.44%
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than South Korea
28.18%
Ranked 50th.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 43.07%
Ranked 28th. 15% more than South Korea
37.49%
Ranked 39th.

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 4.82
Ranked 72nd.
48.09
Ranked 19th. 10 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences 3,350
Ranked 9th. 5% more than South Korea
3,201
Ranked 12th.

Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily > Per capita 5.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than South Korea
2.47 per 1 million people
Ranked 38th.

Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.039 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 120th.
0.283 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 8th. 7 times more than India
Television > Subscription TV revenues 1,846
Ranked 2nd. 82% more than South Korea
1,017
Ranked 4th.
Internet > ISP per million 0.0413
Ranked 131st.
0.234
Ranked 111th. 6 times more than India
Telecommunications > Telephone > Telephone greetings, owner answers phone Hello Yeoboseyo? / 여보세요?
Telecommunications > Telephone > Households with landlines per thousand people 16.56
Ranked 6th.
285.34
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than India
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 45.93%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than South Korea
16.23%
Ranked 40th.

Royalties and fees $0.10
Ranked 54th.
$14.70
Ranked 18th. 147 times more than India
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.69
Ranked 89th.
2.89
Ranked 60th. 71% more than India

Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 126 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 3rd. 126 times more than South Korea
1 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 74th.

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology > Per capita 0.28 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
30.4 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 109 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Social sciences per million 3.32
Ranked 55th.
70.31
Ranked 35th. 21 times more than India

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 2.39$/month
Ranked 178th.
14.18$/month
Ranked 55th. 6 times more than India

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 688000000000 38809000000000
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 2.47
Ranked 158th.
61.95
Ranked 4th. 25 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Religion > Theology > Per capita 1.17 per 1 million people
Ranked 48th.
35.26 per 1 million people
Ranked 22nd. 30 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology per million 0.405
Ranked 48th.
14.89
Ranked 23th. 37 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History per million 1.29
Ranked 53th.
15.73
Ranked 33th. 12 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Arts and recreation per million 0.569
Ranked 54th.
143.72
Ranked 7th. 253 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philology per million 0.273
Ranked 52nd.
30.4
Ranked 15th. 111 times more than India

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
491.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 17th. 11 times more than India

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.404 per 1,000 people
Ranked 124th.
2.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 33th. 5 times more than India

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.8
Ranked 14th.
2.6
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than India
Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Philosophy > Psychology > Per capita 0.415 per 1 million people
Ranked 47th.
14.89 per 1 million people
Ranked 23th. 36 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Geography > History > Per capita 1.32 per 1 million people
Ranked 51st.
15.73 per 1 million people
Ranked 34th. 12 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Applied sciences > Per capita 0.774 per 1 million people
Ranked 53th.
77.17 per 1 million people
Ranked 21st. 100 times more than India

Newspapers > Non-daily newspapers > Titles per million literate people 11.79
Ranked 47th.
60.89
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than India

Television > Percentage of private television institutions 98.8%
Ranked 10th. 5% more than South Korea
94.39%
Ranked 24th.
Television > Ratio of private to Government (public) television institutions 82
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than South Korea
16.82
Ranked 20th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 91
Ranked 41st. 11% more than South Korea
82
Ranked 45th.
Phone system > International dialling code +91 +82
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 0.722
Ranked 132nd.
22.12
Ranked 74th. 31 times more than India

Book > Production > Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification > Generalities 406
Ranked 10th. 34% more than South Korea
303
Ranked 21st.

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