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Definitions
- Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
- Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
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International calling code:
Country Code.
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- Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
- Main fixed phone lines per 100 people: Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.
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Mobile phone > Mobile phones:
Number of mobile phones.
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- Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
- Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Telephone greetings, owner answers phone: What the receiver of a call usually says when taking the call.
SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Greeting (Telephone greetings)
