Table 41
Appendices
6
(Chapter 17: Communications, the Media and Information Technology)
Access to Information and Communication Technology
2007
2011
2012
Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)
Business
1,807
1,840
1,844
Residential
2,282
2,412
2,404
Total
4,089
4,252
4,247
Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population
589
598
592#
Number of facsimile lines (thousands)
352
233
214
Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)
10,589
14,931
16,393
[5,698]
[7,166]
[7,634]
Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population(2)
1,526
2,099
2,285#
[821]
[1,008]
[1,064]#
Number of 2.5G/3G/4G public mobile subscribers(3)
(thousands)
2,947
8,127
10,063
Average volume of mobile data usage
11
509
763
per 2.5G/3G/4G subcriber per month(4) (megabytes) Number of licensed Internet service providers (ISPs)(5) Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)
191
185
186
Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)
634
789
794
(thousands)
Registered broadband Internet access customer
1,853
2,245
2,265
accounts (thousands)
Fixed Internet subscribers per 1,000 population
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers
per 1,000 population
Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population
International Internet bandwidth per person(4)
(kilobits per second (kbps))
359
427
427#
267
316
316#
289
1,043
1,308#
266.0
913.1
1,315.1#
Notes:
Unless otherwise specified, figures are as at end of the year.
(1)
(2)
Figures include direct dialing in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony/voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.
Including pre-paid SIM cards. Figures excluding pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.
(3)
Figures include subscribers of pre-paid SIM cards.
(4)
Figures refer to December of the respective years.
(5)
Including all licensees authorised to provide Internet access services.
(6)
Estimated figures are based on the return from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the licensed ISPs.
(7)
Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.
Source: Office of the Communications Authority
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