Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Invetigate the Impact of access to telecoms Resource

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)

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