Using the CIA World Factbook as your main source, compare the telecoms sectors of the Central African Republic, Costa Rice, Singapore, the UK and one other under-served country of your choice.
Create a organised way of presenting your findings with the headings; Population, Telephone - Land Lines, Mobile/Cellular, Telephone system, Radio Broadcast stations, country code, internet hosts, internet users.
Central African Republic
Population :- 4,444,330
Telephone-Land Lines in use :- 12,000 (2006)
Mobile/Cellular in use :- 130,000 (2007)
Telephone system :- "limited telephone service; fixed-line connections for well less than 1 per 100 persons coupled with mobile-cellular usage of only about 3 per 100 persons; most fixed-line and cellular telephone services are concentrated in Bangui.
Radio Broadcast Stations :- AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1 (2001)
Country Code :- .cf
Internet Hosts :- 15 (2007)
Internet Users :- 13,000 (2006)
Costa Rica
Population :- 4,195,914 (July 2008 est.)
Telephone-Land Lines in use :- 1.437 million (2007)
Mobile/Cellular in use :- 1.503 million (2007)
Telephone system :- good domestic telephone service in terms of breadth of coverage; restricted cellular telephone service; state-run monopoly provider is struggling with the demand for new lines, resulting in long waiting timesdomestic: point-to-point and point-to-multi-point microwave, fiber-optic, and coaxial cable link rural areas; Internet service is available.
Radio Broadcast Stations :- AM 65, FM 51, shortwave 19 (2002)
Country Code :- .cr
Internet Hosts :- 13,792 (2007)
Internet Users :- 1.5 million (2007)
Singapore
Population :- 4,608,167 (July 2008 est.)
Telephone-Land Lines in use :- 1.859 million (2007)
Mobile/Cellular in use :- 5.619 million (2007)
Telephone system :- excellent domestic facilities; launched 3G wireless service in February 2005; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is about 150 telephones per 100 persons.
Radio Broadcast Stations :- AM 0, FM 17, shortwave 2 (2003)
Country Code :- .sg
Internet Hosts :- 954,475 (2007)
Internet Users :- 3.105 million (2007)
United Kingdom
Population :- 60,943,912 (July 2008 est.)
Telephone-Land Lines in use :- 33.682 million (2007)
Mobile/Cellular in use :- 71.992 million (2007)
Telephone system :- technologically advanced domestic and international system, equal mix of buried cables, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optic systems.
Radio Broadcast Stations :- AM 219, FM 431, shortwave 3 (1998)
Country Code :- .uk
Internet Hosts :- 5.118 million (2007)
Internet Users :- 40.2 million (2007)
Armenia
Population :- 2,968,586 (July 2008 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use :- 603,900 (2006)
Mobile/Cellular in use :- 1,185,400 (2006)
Telephone system :- reliable modern landline and mobile-cellular services are available across Yerevan in major cities and towns; significant but ever-shrinking gaps remain in mobile-cellular coverage in rural areas.
Radio Broadcast Stations :- AM 9, FM 16, shortwave 1 (2006)
Country Code :- .am
Internet Hosts :- 8,270 (2007)
Internet Users :- 172,800 (2006)
(Facts and Figures from The World Factbook - CIA)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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