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)
Appendices I 541
1999
2003
2004
1 269
1 027
1 257* 946
1 268 938
Business
1 649
1 701
Residential
2 190
2 119
1 662 2118
Total
3 839
3 820
3 780
Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) Telephone lines per 1 000 population Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers
384
491
456
578
558
548#
550
644
663#
per 1 000 population(1)
[601]
[1 051]
[1 183]#
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)
52
26
23#
2 550
165
4 233
201
4 937
188
Registered customer accounts with dial-up(2)
access (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
1 734
1 084
1 004
1 231
1 484
accounts (thousands)
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
10 923
3 564
1 897
networks(3) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)
933 728
2 949 652
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)