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)
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2003
2007
2008
1 258
1 404
1 395
946
1 046
1 189
1 701
1 807
1 834
2 119
2 282
2 274
3 820
4 089
4 108
491
352
319
565
588
586#
652
820
869#
[1 064]
[1 523]
[1 623]#
26
20
17#
4 233
201
7 239
7 657
173
169
Registered customer accounts with dial-up
1 084
960
955
access(3) (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
accounts (thousands)
1 231
1 880
1 948
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
3 564
404
305
networks(4) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks(5) (terabits)
933 728
9 572 815
10 312 632
Notes: (1) As from 2007, figures include the Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.
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)