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APPENDICES
Table 40
(Chapter 17: Communications, the Media and Information Technology) Communications and Internet Services
Postal services
Letter mail (million articles)
Parcels (thousands)
Telecommunications and Internet Services
Telephone lines (thousands)
Business
Residential
Total
1998
2002
2003
I 257
1 274*
1 125
928*
1 270
946
1 549
1 708
1 701
2 159
2 134
2 119
3 708
3 842
3 820
360
546
491
563
566*
420
[440]
87
620*
[916]*
29
3 951
236*
561 # 647# [1 056]# 26#
4 233
201
Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) Telephone lines per 1 000 population
Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers
per 1 000 population(1)
Public radio paging subscribers per 1 000 population Outward external telephone traffic (million minutes) Number of licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Number of customers of the licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
Registered customer accounts with dial-up(2)
access (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
accounts (thousands)
1 719
133
1 372
1 084
989
1 231
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
5 359
5 550
3 564
networks(3) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)
215 296
933 728
Notes: (1) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.
(2) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.
(3) Excluding customer access via leased circuits.
Sources: Hong Kong Post.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2231)
Office of the Telecommunications Authority.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)