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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.
  • 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.
  • 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 > 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 servers using encryption > Per 1 million people: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • 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 servers using encryption: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.
  • 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 subscribers > Per capita: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines: Telephone mainline faults is the number of reported telephone faults for the year per 100 telephone mainlines.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • 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 > ISP > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Telephone employees > Total > Per capita: Telephone employees refer to the total full-time telecommunications staff. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per 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.
  • 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).
  • 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.
STAT Papua New Guinea United States HISTORY
Broadcast media 2 m 4
Households with television 9.36%
Ranked 49th.
97.84%
Ranked 14th. 10 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers per 1000 1.28
Ranked 155th.
281.99
Ranked 22nd. 220 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet users > Per 100 people 2.3
Ranked 188th.
81.03
Ranked 26th. 35 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet users per thousand people 22.58
Ranked 192nd.
803.03
Ranked 28th. 36 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Users per 1000 17.61
Ranked 130th.
697.1
Ranked 8th. 40 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet users 125,000
Ranked 146th.
245 million
Ranked 2nd. 1960 times more than Papua New Guinea
Personal computers > Per capita 63.58 per 1,000 people
Ranked 76th.
762.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Papua New Guinea

Personal computers per 1000 61.7
Ranked 77th.
764.36
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Papua New Guinea

Radio > List of radio stations <p>National Broadcasting Corporation - state-run</p> </p>FM100 - private, commercial</p> </p>Nau FM - private, commercial</p> <p>NPR (National Public Radio) - non-commercial network of member stations; news, information and cultural programmes</p> </p>Clear Channel - America&#039;s largest commercial radio operator, owns more than 1,200 stations</p> </p>CBS Radio - major commercial operator with nearly 180 stations in major markets</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 37.78
Ranked 180th.
98.17
Ranked 111th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 51.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 156th.
846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 16 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television > List of TV stations <p>EMTV - commercial</p> </p>National Television Service (Kundu 2) - state-run</p> <p>ABC - major commercial network</p> </p>CBS - major commercial network</p> </p>NBC - major commercial network</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Television receivers > Per capita 8.52 per 1,000 people
Ranked 158th.
803.21 per 1,000 people
Ranked 1st. 94 times more than Papua New Guinea

Televisions per 1000 10.31
Ranked 169th.
754.89
Ranked 3rd. 73 times more than Papua New Guinea
Radio broadcast stations AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
Daily newspapers > Per 1,000 people 8.59
Ranked 66th.
193.19
Ranked 18th. 22 times more than Papua New Guinea

Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > Per 1,000 people 14.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 171st.
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 84 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Users > Per capita 18.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 130th.
695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 38 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000 19.39
Ranked 164th.
442.8
Ranked 25th. 23 times more than Papua New Guinea

Televisions 59,841
Ranked 152nd.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 3660 times more than Papua New Guinea
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 10.35 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 52 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet users > Per 100 people 1.82
Ranked 165th.
75.77
Ranked 11th. 42 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet users 145,256
Ranked 163th.
254.3 million
Ranked 2nd. 1751 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps 6 Mbps
Ranked 129th.
970,953.5 Mbps
Ranked 1st. 161826 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per capita 1.08 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 126th.
3,306.44 Mbps per 1 million peop
Ranked 19th. 3053 times more than Papua New Guinea

Personal computers 367,000
Ranked 72nd.
223.81 million
Ranked 1st. 610 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television broadcast stations 3
Ranked 19th.
2,218
Ranked 1st. 739 times more than Papua New Guinea

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes 42.95 million min.
Ranked 118th.
82.06 billion min.
Ranked 1st. 1911 times more than Papua New Guinea

Radios per 1000 70.65
Ranked 176th.
1,982.02
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than Papua New Guinea
Telephones > Mobile cellular per 1000 134.23
Ranked 175th.
932.29
Ranked 78th. 7 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Percent using internet 2.3%
Ranked 186th.
81.03%
Ranked 24th. 35 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephones > Mobile cellular 2.4 million
Ranked 127th.
290.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 121 times more than Papua New Guinea

Radio receivers > Per capita 0.083 per capita
Ranked 161st.
2.11 per capita
Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephones > Main lines in use per 1000 8.95
Ranked 172nd.
459.63
Ranked 20th. 51 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone mainlines per 1000 10.42
Ranked 148th.
607.73
Ranked 8th. 58 times more than Papua New Guinea

Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>The National </p> </p>The Post-Courier</p> <p>USA Today - national daily</p> </p>Wall Street Journal - business daily</p> </p>Christian Science Monitor - church-owned daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16757497">Full Article</a>
Telephone system > General assessment services are minimal; facilities provide radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international radio communication services a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Television receivers per 1000 8.45
Ranked 156th.
803.21
Ranked 1st. 95 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > IP addresses per capita 7.91
Ranked 188th.
4,911.96
Ranked 2nd. 621 times more than Papua New Guinea
Average cost of local call 0.06
Ranked 58th.
0.09
Ranked 3rd. 50% more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Users 110,000
Ranked 114th.
208 million
Ranked 2nd. 1891 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet penetration 2.3%
Ranked 196th.
81%
Ranked 29th. 35 times more than Papua New Guinea
Mobile phone subscribers per 1000 4.27
Ranked 166th.
682.36
Ranked 50th. 160 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions per 1000 377.98
Ranked 180th.
987.53
Ranked 110th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecoms > Telephone lines 139,000
Ranked 137th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 1000 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecoms > Mobile cellular subscriptions 2.71 million
Ranked 131st.
310 million
Ranked 3rd. 114 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet Service Providers 3
Ranked 136th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 2333 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 9,200
Ranked 149th.
88.52 million
Ranked 2nd. 9622 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephones > Main lines in use 130,000
Ranked 138th.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 1123 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 1.94
Ranked 163th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 23 times more than Papua New Guinea

Active military personnel 3,100
Ranked 124th.
1.43 million
Ranked 1st. 461 times more than Papua New Guinea
Radio receivers per 1000 82.48
Ranked 160th.
2,108.88
Ranked 1st. 26 times more than Papua New Guinea

Mobile phone subscribers > Per capita 4.42 per 1,000 people
Ranked 167th.
680.31 per 1,000 people
Ranked 49th. 154 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Hosts per 1000 0.522
Ranked 131st.
1,039.15
Ranked 2nd. 1989 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 2.71 million
Ranked 131st.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 112 times more than Papua New Guinea

Radio receivers 410,000
Ranked 137th.
575 million
Ranked 1st. 1402 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television receivers 42,000
Ranked 154th.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 5214 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television broadcast stations > Per capita 0.52 per 1 million people
Ranked 30th.
7.42 per 1 million people
Ranked 17th. 14 times more than Papua New Guinea

Mobile phone subscribers 26,000
Ranked 162nd.
201.65 million
Ranked 2nd. 7756 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone system > International country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean); international radio communication service country code - 1; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions)
Internet > ISP 3
Ranked 96th.
7,000
Ranked 1st. 2333 times more than Papua New Guinea
Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines 139,000
Ranked 137th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 1000 times more than Papua New Guinea

Radios 410,000
Ranked 139th.
575 million
Ranked 1st. 1402 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Hosts 3,422
Ranked 128th.
316 million
Ranked 1st. 92344 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps per million 1.06 Mbps
Ranked 128th.
3,316.04 Mbps
Ranked 19th. 3128 times more than Papua New Guinea

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation 51,000
Ranked 62nd.
57.35 million
Ranked 4th. 1124 times more than Papua New Guinea

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles 2
Ranked 130th.
1,486
Ranked 2nd. 743 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Top level domain .pg .us
Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Total average circulation per thousand people 8.57
Ranked 68th.
195.85
Ranked 19th. 23 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone system > Domestic access to telephone services is not widely available although combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity has increased to roughly 40 per 100 persons a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country
Internet country code .pg .us
Internet > International Internet bandwidth > Mbps > Per $ GDP 2 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 132nd.
83.14 Mbps per $1 trillion of
Ranked 29th. 41 times more than Papua New Guinea

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes per capita 7.98 min.
Ranked 112th.
280.26 min.
Ranked 9th. 35 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone mainlines 62,000
Ranked 139th.
177.95 million
Ranked 2nd. 2870 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Censorship > Political filtering No evidence of filtering
Internet > Price basket for Internet > US$ per month 24.96$/month
Ranked 74th. 67% more than United States
14.95$/month
Ranked 120th.

International voice traffic > Out and in > Minutes > Per capita 8.11 min. per capita
Ranked 110th.
279.45 min. per capita
Ranked 9th. 34 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet hosts None None
Mobile cellular subscriptions 600,000
Ranked 139th.
270.5 million
Ranked 4th. 451 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Internet Service Providers per million 0.517
Ranked 137th.
24.13
Ranked 23th. 47 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > IP addresses 49,920
Ranked 151st.
1.54 billion
Ranked 1st. 30882 times more than Papua New Guinea
Telecommunications investment > Current LCU 181845600 26836000000
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.0
Ranked 174th.
24.02
Ranked 18th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 19.39
Ranked 168th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 23 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television broadcast stations per million 0.504
Ranked 28th.
7.43
Ranked 15th. 15 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > TLD .pg .us
Mobile cellular subscriptions > Per 100 people 9.12
Ranked 172nd.
88.87
Ranked 80th. 10 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Livejournal users 60
Ranked 142nd.
1.29 million
Ranked 1st. 21547 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Secure Internet servers 4
Ranked 141st.
259,881
Ranked 1st. 64970 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications > Country calling code 675 1
Telephone subscribers per 1000 14.12
Ranked 168th.
1,230.67
Ranked 35th. 87 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per capita 0.667 per 1 million people
Ranked 135th.
869.2 per 1 million people
Ranked 7th. 1303 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Livejournal users per million 10.09
Ranked 139th.
4,415.29
Ranked 3rd. 438 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet servers using encryption > Per 1 million people 1.49
Ranked 131st.
1,234.13
Ranked 6th. 828 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Hosts > Per capita 0.577 per 1,000 people
Ranked 150th.
1,040.07 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 1803 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet servers using encryption 10
Ranked 126th.
378,887
Ranked 1st. 37889 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone lines 60,000
Ranked 147th.
154.65 million
Ranked 3rd. 2578 times more than Papua New Guinea

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers 0.0
Ranked 176th.
73.12 million
Ranked 2nd.

ICT goods imports > % total goods imports 4.12%
Ranked 124th.
12.49%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea

ICT goods > Exports > % of total goods > Exports 0.07%
Ranked 123th.
12.78%
Ranked 16th. 183 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > ISP per million 0.558
Ranked 90th.
24.34
Ranked 3rd. 44 times more than Papua New Guinea
Telephone subscribers > Per capita 14.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 171st.
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
Ranked 36th. 84 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone system > Regulation 1997 1934
Telephone faults > Per 100 mainlines 10.1 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 111th.
13.24 per 100 mainlines
Ranked 26th. 31% more than Papua New Guinea

Price basket for mobile > US$ per month 14.79$/month
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than United States
5.21$/month
Ranked 153th.

Price basket for residential fixed line > US$ per month 7.26$/month
Ranked 94th.
25.02$/month
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone subscribers 84,000
Ranked 159th.
360.35 million
Ranked 2nd. 4290 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone subscribers per employee 41
Ranked 158th.
345.72
Ranked 61st. 8 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications revenue > % GDP 2.26% GDP
Ranked 108th.
2.67% GDP
Ranked 96th. 18% more than Papua New Guinea

Television standard > UHF PAL G NTSC M
Phone subscribers 13.73
Ranked 141st.
1,117.9
Ranked 22nd. 81 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > ISP > Per capita 0.566 per 1 million people
Ranked 84th.
24.27 per 1 million people
Ranked 2nd. 43 times more than Papua New Guinea
Internet > Secure Internet servers > Per 1 million people 7.26
Ranked 134th.
1,474.08
Ranked 19th. 203 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Fixed broadband Internet subscribers > Per 100 people 0.128
Ranked 155th.
28.03
Ranked 22nd. 218 times more than Papua New Guinea

Newspapers > Daily newspapers > Number of titles per million people 0.336
Ranked 131st.
5.08
Ranked 42nd. 15 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications investment > % of revenue 82.64%
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than United States
9.22%
Ranked 87th.

Telephone employees > Total > Per capita 0.338 per 1,000 people
Ranked 131st.
3.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telephone mainlines > Per capita 10.74 per 1,000 people
Ranked 150th.
605.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 56 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecommunications revenue > Current LCU 220037100 291122000000
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 377.98
Ranked 180th.
965.4
Ranked 113th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > Secure Internet servers per million 0.64
Ranked 135th.
870.97
Ranked 7th. 1360 times more than Papua New Guinea

Internet > IP addresses (share) 0.0
Ranked 168th.
35.9
Ranked 1st.
Phone system > International dialling code +675 +1
ICT service > Exports > % of service > Exports > BoP 49.33%
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than United States
22.13%
Ranked 60th.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service > Exports 82.37%
Ranked 2nd. 91% more than United States
43.14%
Ranked 26th.

Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 60.71%
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than United States
30.02%
Ranked 58th.

ICT service > Exports > BoP > Current US$ $6.61 million
Ranked 118th.
$22.44 billion
Ranked 3rd. 3396 times more than Papua New Guinea

Television standard > VHF PAL B NTSC M
Telephone lines > Per 100 people 0.91
Ranked 166th.
50.81
Ranked 17th. 56 times more than Papua New Guinea

Telecoms > Telephone lines > Per 100 people 1.94
Ranked 164th.
44.02
Ranked 25th. 23 times more than Papua New Guinea

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