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
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2005
2009
2010
1 274
1 312
1 280
927
1 254
1 329
1 677
1 829
1 854
Residential
Total
Number of fax lines (thousands)
Telephone lines per 1 000 population
2 116
2 360
2 407
3 793
4 188
4 260
410
286
260
555
595
600#
Public mobile radio-telephone subscribers
per 1 000 population(2)
Outward external telephone traffic volume
(million minutes)
695
907
960#
[1 250]
[1 736]
[1 890]#
5 638
7 759
7 727
Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(3) Number of customers of licensed ISPs
198
189
184
Registered customer accounts with dial-up
975
644*
742
access(4) (thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
1 648
2 033*
2 127
accounts (thousands)
Internet traffic volume
Customer access via public switched telephone
1 060
259
179
networks(5) (million minutes)
Customer access via broadband networks
674 037
1 435 691
1 652 942
(terabytes)(6)
Notes: (1) Include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-
over-IP (VoIP) services.
(2) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets. (3) Including all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services.
(4) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.
(5) Excluding customer access via leased circuits and broadband services. (6) 1 terabyte
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Sources: Hong Kong Post.
8 terabits.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2264)
Office of the Telecommunications Authority.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)