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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 47
(Chapter 21: Communications and the Media)
Communications
Postal traffic
1994
1995
Letter mail (million articles)
Posted to destinations abroad
165.9
164.2
Posted for local delivery
839.5
894,2
Received from abroad for local delivery
100.5
105.5
In transit
2.0
1.1
Parcels (thousands)
Posted to destinations abroad
1 095
| 220
90
119
482
478
53
52
Posted for local delivery
Received from abroad for local delivery In transit
Telecommunications traffic
Telephone services
Effective exchange capacity (thousand lines) Keylines and PABX lines (thousands) Fax lines (thousands)
Telephone lines (thousands)
Number of telephones (thousands)
Number of telephones per 100 population
International telephone and fax services
Outward (thousand minutes) Inward (thousand minutes)
1 537 727
Number of outgoing calls (millions)
Number of international telephone circuits Number of international leased circuits
M
1996 Estimate
158.6
913.0
100.6
0.9
1 130
95
419
37
3 277
3.339
3. 490
468
496
515
252
273
310
3 254
3.400
4 440
3 114 4 050* 66.8*
1 418 162*
498.55 27 987
1 820
165
4 230 * 68.3*
1 668 286
1 543 811
555.10 31 520 1 946
122
69.3
1 736 492
I 838 043
597.60 34 225 2 093
International telegraph services
Outward (thousand messages)
98
Inward (thousand messages)
226
167
122
Transit (thousand messages)
149
130
91
Number of international telegraph circuits
2 445
2 337
2 215
International telex services
Outward (thousand minutes)
17.800
17 729
15 921
Inward (thousand minutes)
17 063
14 445
12 213
Transit (thousand minutes}
15 391
11.003
2 058
2 032
9 860 1969
Number of telex trunks
Radio pictures transmissions
Transmitted
Received
Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)
Meteorological
Telecommunications licences (all types)
Note:
* Estimate.
Sources: Office of the Telecommunications Authority,
Post Office.
17
8
103.2
104.3
96 613
97 383
[20.0
99 172