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
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
access(2) (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
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2000
2004
2005
1 341 975
1 273*
938
1 274
927
1 736
1 662
1 677
2 210
2 118
2 116
3 946
3 780
3 793
404
456
410
588
547
544
622
662
682
[780]
[1 180]
[1 226]
49
23
19
3 075
4 937
5 638
235
188
186
2 283
1 004
975
392
1 484
1 648
accounts (thousands)
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
14 989
1 897
1 060
networks(3) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)
2 949 652
5 392 294
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)