Table 41
(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(1) (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(2)
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(3) (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
Appendices ❘ 489
2002
2006
2007
1 274
928
1 322
929
1 404
1 046
1 708
1 701
1 807
2 134
2 135
2 282
3 842
3 836
4 089
546
375
352
571
555
587#
626
746
818#
[925]
[1 367]
[1 521]#
29
18
3 951
6 542
20#
7 239
236
181
*
173
1 372
945
960
989
1 744
1 880
accounts (thousands)
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
5 550
619
404
networks(4) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks(5) (terabits)
215 296
7 794 032
9 572 815
Notes: (1) As from 2007, figures include the Internet Protocol (IP) telephony services.
(2) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (3) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.
(4) Excluding customer access via leased circuits.
(5) Broadband Internet access service refers to service with the capacity to transmit data at the rate of 1.5 Mbps or above using technologies of Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL), Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS), Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB), cable modem or other technologies.
Sources: Hong Kong Post.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2922 5116)
Office of the Telecommunications Authority. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6742)