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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast 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.
  • 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.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes: International voice traffic is the sum of international incoming and outgoing telephone traffic (in minutes).
  • Radios per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > Percent using internet: Percentage of individuals using the Internet.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Radio receivers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telephone mainlines per 1000: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Television receivers per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions.
  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States.
  • Mobile phone subscribers: Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines: Fixed telephone lines.
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Newspapers > 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.
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
     
     
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people: Fixed telephone lines. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone subscribers per 1000: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Internet > Livejournal users per million: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004). Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Telephone subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone subscribers: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.
  • Telephone subscribers per employee: Telephone subscribers per employee are telephone subscribers (fixed-line plus mobile) divided by total telecommunications employees.
  • Telecommunications revenue > % GDP: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people: Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people). Fixed broadband Internet subscribers are the number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technology.
  • Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people). Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • 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.
  • Internet > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP: Cost of international call to U.S. is the cost of a three-minute, peak rate, fixed line call from the country to the United States. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 trillion $ gross domestic product.
  • Internet > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people: Telephone lines (per 100 people). Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
  • Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month: Price basket for residential fixed line is calculated as one-fifth of the installation charge, the monthly subscription charge, and the cost of local calls (15 peak and 15 off-peak calls of three minutes each).
  • Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU: Telecommunications revenue is the revenue from the provision of telecommunications services such as fixed-line, mobile, and data.
  • Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Internet servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • Telephone mainlines > Per capita: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephone 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."
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STAT Jamaica Puerto Rico HISTORY
Broadcast media privately owned Radio Jamaica Limited and its subsidiaries operate multiple TV stations, subscription cable services, and radio stations; 2 other privately owned television stations; roughly 70 radio stations more than 30 television stations operating; cable TV subscription services are available; roughly 125 radio stations operating
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 1,145.98 per 1,000 people
Ranked 37th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		974.02 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.
Households with television 70.04%
Ranked 79th. 		97.03%
Ranked 16th. 39% more than Jamaica
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 44.12
Ranked 99th. 		151.07
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 46.5
Ranked 90th. 		51.41
Ranked 79th. 11% more than Jamaica
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 461.72
Ranked 93th. 		516.45
Ranked 82nd. 12% more than Jamaica
Internet > Users per 1000 560.58
Ranked 26th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		264.34
Ranked 65th.
Internet users 1.58 million
Ranked 78th. 58% more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 97th.
Radio > List of radio stations <p>Radio Jamaica Ltd (RJR) - operates RJR 94 FM; entertainment station FAME-FM; music-based Hitz 92</p> </p>Kool 97 - commercial</p> </p>NewsTalk 93 - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18784064">Full Article</a> <p>WIAC 740 - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WAPA - commercial, news and talk</p> </p>WIPR &#039;Radio 940&#039; - public</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 10, FM 13, shortwave 0 AM 74, FM 53, shortwave 0
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 96.54
Ranked 115th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		81.75
Ranked 136th.
Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 936.65 per 1,000 people
Ranked 41st. 9% more than Puerto Rico 		857.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 38th.
Television > List of TV stations <p>Television Jamaica Limited (TVJ) - formerly Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation, privatised in 1997</p> </p>CVM TV - private</p> </p>Love TV - religious</p> <p>Telemundo (channel 2) - commercial</p> </p>WAPA (channel 4) - commercial</p> </p>Univision (channel 11) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17140680">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 181.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th. 		273.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 54th. 51% more than Jamaica
Televisions per 1000 175.19
Ranked 89th. 		266.85
Ranked 63th. 52% more than Jamaica
Internet > Users > Per capita 539.54 per 1,000 people
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		253.53 per 1,000 people
Ranked 69th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 97.51
Ranked 123th. 		212.77
Ranked 76th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Televisions 460,000
Ranked 105th. 		1.02 million
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 128.39 per 1,000 people
Ranked 84th. 		265.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Internet users > Per 100 people 57.31
Ranked 35th. 2 times more than Puerto Rico 		25.29
Ranked 83th.
Internet > Internet users 1.34 million
Ranked 108th. 		1.9 million
Ranked 92nd. 41% more than Jamaica
Television broadcast stations 7
Ranked 34th. 		32
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than Jamaica
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 613.3 million min.
Ranked 37th. 		1.65 billion min.
Ranked 17th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Radios per 1000 462.73
Ranked 72nd. 		705.68
Ranked 34th. 53% more than Jamaica
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 1,102.17
Ranked 54th. 52% more than Puerto Rico 		726.12
Ranked 107th.
Internet > Percent using internet 46.5%
Ranked 89th. 		51.41%
Ranked 78th. 11% more than Jamaica
Telephones > Mobile cellular 2.98 million
Ranked 124th. 		3.11 million
Ranked 121st. 4% more than Jamaica
Radio receivers > Per capita 0.479 per capita
Ranked 61st. 		0.723 per capita
Ranked 30th. 51% more than Jamaica
Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 112.15
Ranked 113th. 		232.62
Ranked 70th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telephone mainlines per 1000 129.04
Ranked 79th. 		290.55
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Jamaica
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The Jamaica Gleaner - daily</p> </p>The Jamaica Star - daily</p> </p>Jamaica Observer - daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18784064">Full Article</a> <p>El Nuevo Dia - daily</p> </p>Primera Hora - daily</p> </p>El Vocero de Puerto Rico - daily</p>
Telephone system > General assessment fully automatic domestic telephone network modern system integrated with that of the US by high-capacity submarine cable and Intelsat with high-speed data capability
Television receivers per 1000 181.53
Ranked 76th. 		271.58
Ranked 53th. 50% more than Jamaica
Internet > IP addresses per capita 70.18
Ranked 135th. 		250.24
Ranked 91st. 4 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Users 1.5 million
Ranked 62nd. 50% more than Puerto Rico 		1,000,000
Ranked 76th.
Internet > Internet penetration 46.5%
Ranked 94th. 		51.4%
Ranked 83th. 11% more than Jamaica
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 1,018.71
Ranked 16th. 45% more than Puerto Rico 		700.83
Ranked 44th.
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 982.91
Ranked 113th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		834.48
Ranked 133th.
Telecoms > Telephone lines 264,465
Ranked 120th. 		780,229
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.67 million
Ranked 132nd. 		3.06 million
Ranked 129th. 15% more than Jamaica
Internet > Internet Service Providers 21
Ranked 47th. 		76
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 119,650
Ranked 96th. 		558,054
Ranked 65th. 5 times more than Jamaica
Telephones > Main lines in use 272,100
Ranked 121st. 		826,100
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 9.55
Ranked 123th. 		19.12
Ranked 87th. Twice as much as Jamaica
Radio receivers per 1000 479.47
Ranked 61st. 		718.19
Ranked 32nd. 50% more than Jamaica
Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 1,017.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 14th. 48% more than Puerto Rico 		688.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 46th.
Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.481
Ranked 133th. 4 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.107
Ranked 154th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 2.67 million
Ranked 132nd. 		3.05 million
Ranked 129th. 14% more than Jamaica
Radio receivers 1.22 million
Ranked 102nd. 		2.7 million
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Television receivers 460,000
Ranked 99th. 		1.02 million
Ranked 78th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.76 per 1 million people
Ranked 36th. 		8.14 per 1 million people
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes 0.87$
Ranked 82nd. The same as Puerto Rico 		0.87$
Ranked 138th.
Mobile phone subscribers 2.7 million
Ranked 71st. 1% more than Puerto Rico 		2.68 million
Ranked 66th.
Telephone system > International country code - 1-876; the Fibralink submarine cable network provides enhanced delivery of business and broadband traffic and is linked to the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) submarine cable in the Dominican Republic; the link to ARCOS-1 provides seamless connectivity to US, parts of the Caribbean, Central America, and South America; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) country code - 1-787, 939; submarine cables provide connectivity to the US, Caribbean, Central and South America; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
Internet > ISP 21
Ranked 30th. 		76
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Broadband subscribers per 1000 3.44
Ranked 51st. 		5.95
Ranked 42nd. 73% more than Jamaica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 264,465
Ranked 120th. 		780,229
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Radios 1.22 million
Ranked 103th. 		2.7 million
Ranked 81st. 2 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Hosts 1,292
Ranked 146th. 3 times more than Puerto Rico 		404
Ranked 162nd.
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 3
Ranked 109th. 		5
Ranked 91st. 67% more than Jamaica
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 158,000
Ranked 83th. 		475,000
Ranked 61st. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Top level domain .jm .pr
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 62.95
Ranked 74th. 		127.53
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telephone system > Domestic the 1999 agreement to open the market for telecommunications services resulted in rapid growth in mobile-cellular telephone usage while the number of fixed-lines in use has declined; combined mobile-cellular teledensity exceeded 110 per 100 persons in 2011 digital telephone system; mobile-cellular services
Internet country code .jm .pr
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 233.58 min.
Ranked 22nd. 		449.1 min.
Ranked 8th. 92% more than Jamaica
Telephone mainlines 342,000
Ranked 85th. 		1.11 million
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Broadband subscribers > Per capita 3.44 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 		5.89 per 1,000 people
Ranked 40th. 71% more than Jamaica
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering
International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 233.16 min. per capita
Ranked 22nd. 		449.48 min. per capita
Ranked 5th. 93% more than Jamaica
Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.72 million
Ranked 106th. 		3.35 million
Ranked 68th. 23% more than Jamaica
Internet > Broadband subscribers 9,000
Ranked 58th. 		22,732
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 8
Ranked 43th. 		19.86
Ranked 26th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Internet > IP addresses 202,752
Ranked 118th. 		1 million
Ranked 78th. 5 times more than Jamaica
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 5278792000 354702000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 3.62
Ranked 79th. 		5.42
Ranked 66th. 50% more than Jamaica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 97.51
Ranked 129th. 		212.77
Ranked 81st. 2 times more than Jamaica
Television broadcast stations per million 2.76
Ranked 40th. 		8.41
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > TLD .jm .pr
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 101.34
Ranked 60th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		85.76
Ranked 34th.
Internet > Livejournal users 305
Ranked 63th. 		370
Ranked 55th. 21% more than Jamaica
Internet > Secure Internet servers 47
Ranked 77th. 		130
Ranked 57th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Telephone subscribers per 1000 1,147.75
Ranked 36th. 16% more than Puerto Rico 		991.38
Ranked 47th.
Population covered by mobile telephony 95%
Ranked 37th. 		100%
Ranked 1st. 5% more than Jamaica
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 17.64 per 1 million people
Ranked 80th. 		33.09 per 1 million people
Ranked 67th. 88% more than Jamaica
Internet > Livejournal users per million 115.61
Ranked 60th. 20% more than Puerto Rico 		96.68
Ranked 70th.
Internet > Linux web servers 1
Ranked 93th. 		11
Ranked 49th. 11 times more than Jamaica
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per capita 0.329$ per 1 million people
Ranked 44th. 42% more than Puerto Rico 		0.231$ per 1 million people
Ranked 94th.
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.461 per 1,000 people
Ranked 153th. 5 times more than Puerto Rico 		0.102 per 1,000 people
Ranked 174th.
Internet > ISP per million 8.11
Ranked 32nd. 		19.94
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 1,145.98 per 1,000 people
Ranked 37th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		974.01 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th.
Telephone subscribers 3.04 million
Ranked 67th. 		3.79 million
Ranked 67th. 25% more than Jamaica
Telephone subscribers per employee 686.22
Ranked 14th. 45% more than Puerto Rico 		474.61
Ranked 22nd.
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 4.08% GDP
Ranked 55th. 7% more than Puerto Rico 		3.83% GDP
Ranked 51st.
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 4.33
Ranked 100th. 		14.9
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 51.25
Ranked 86th. 		112.9
Ranked 68th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 1.14
Ranked 100th. 		1.31
Ranked 96th. 15% more than Jamaica
Internet > ISP > Per capita 8.11 per 1 million people
Ranked 25th. 		19.92 per 1 million people
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 982.91
Ranked 108th. 18% more than Puerto Rico 		831.64
Ranked 131st.
Phone system > International dialling code + 1876 +1787
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes > Per $ GDP 98.13$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 52nd. 6 times more than Puerto Rico 		16.09$ per $1 trillion of GD
Ranked 146th.
Television standard > VHF NTSC M NTSC M
Internet > Linux web servers per million 0.384
Ranked 77th. 		2.88
Ranked 53th. 8 times more than Jamaica
Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 141st. 		0.0
Ranked 97th.
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 31 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 27th. 		62.4 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 53th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 17.65
Ranked 79th. 		34.16
Ranked 65th. 94% more than Jamaica
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 23.76%
Ranked 23th. About the same as Puerto Rico 		23.65%
Ranked 102nd.
Phone subscribers 466.75
Ranked 58th. 		642.87
Ranked 45th. 38% more than Jamaica
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 11.78
Ranked 109th. 		26.25
Ranked 63th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 9.58
Ranked 124th. 		20.84
Ranked 78th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 9.14$/month
Ranked 79th. 		33.48$/month
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Jamaica
Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 22213580000 2598000000
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 35.56
Ranked 71st. 		61.5
Ranked 63th. 73% more than Jamaica
Internet servers using encryption 96
Ranked 73th. 		244
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than Jamaica
Telephone mainlines > Per capita 128.84 per 1,000 people
Ranked 79th. 		285.46 per 1,000 people
Ranked 53th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 1.14 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 		1.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 78th. 16% more than Jamaica
Telephone lines 316,591
Ranked 101st. 		1.04 million
Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than Jamaica
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 97,323
Ranked 80th. 		214,163
Ranked 62nd. 2 times more than Jamaica

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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.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; World Development Indicators database. 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.; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 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