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EXHIBIT 8
COMPARATIVE TELEPHONE PENETRATION RATES IN OECD AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES - 1990
NUMBER OF MAIN LINES PER 1,000 HOUSEHOLDS
ESTIMATE
5
RANKING
COUNTRY
1
Sweden
2
Singapore
3
Hong Kong
4 5
4
Canada
1,639
1,610
1,570
1,560
US
1,442
6
Switzerland
1,412
7
Japan
1,364
8
Taiwan
1,339
9
South Korea
1,292
10
Denmark
1,288
11
France
1,257
124
UK
1,238
19
West Germany
24
2 2 2 2 2
Malaysia
425
25
Thailand
177
26
Philippines
47
27
China
36
28
Indonesia
31
1,086
Source: World Public Switching Market, 1990, J. Walter Thompson; Business International Forecasting Services
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
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