Table 39
(Chapter 17: Media and Communications)
Appendices
6
Access to Information and Communication Technology
2011
2015
2016
Number of telephone lines(1) (thousands)
Business
1,840
1,855
1,845
Residential
2,412
2,356
2,362
Total
4,252
4,211
4,207
Number of fixed telephone lines per 1,000 population' Number of facsimile lines (thousands)
**
598
576
570#
233
177
167
Number of public mobile subscribers(2) (thousands)
14,931
16,775
17,233
[7,166]
[7,972]
[8,161]
Public mobile subscribers per 1,000 population (2)**
2,100
2,295
2,337#
[1,008]
[1,091]
[1,107]#
Number of 2.5G/3G/4G public mobile subscribers(3)
(thousands)
8,423
14,776
15,828
Average volume of mobile data usage
491
1,354
1,478
per 2.5G/3G/4G subscriber per month(4) (megabytes)
Number of licensed internet service providers (ISPs)(5)
185
215
225
Number of customers of licensed ISPs(6)
Registered customer accounts with dial-up access(7)
789
200
191
(thousands)
Registered broadband internet access customer
2,245
2,336
2,612
accounts (thousands)
Fixed internet subscribers per 1,000 population**
427
347
380#
Fixed broadband internet subscribers
316
320
354#
per 1,000 population**
Mobile broadband subscribers per 1,000 population** International internet bandwidth per person
1,043
1,935
2,113#
913.5
4,206.4
6,112.2#
(kilobits per second)**
Notes:
Unless otherwise specified, figures are as at the end of the year.
(1) Figures include direct dialling in lines, facsimile lines, datel lines and subscribers of Internet Protocol telephony/
voice-over-IP services.
(2) 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 returns from the ISPs and do not include users who are not customers of the
licensed ISPs.
(7) Excluding internet pre-paid calling cards.
#
Provisional figures.
Source: Office of the Communications Authority
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