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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 48

(Chapter 21: Communications and the Media)

Communications

Postal traffic:

Letter mail (million articles)

1993

1994

1995 Estimate

Posted to destinations abroad

150.8 *

165.9

165.6

Posted for local delivery

=

781.4*

839.5

914.0

Received from abroad for local delivery In transit

96.8*

100.5

107.4

2.4

2.0

1.2

Parcels (thousands)

Posted to destinations abroad

Posted for local delivery

1 147

53

1 095

1 240

90

135

501 *

482

481

48 *

53

54

Received from abroad for local delivery

In transit

Telecommunications traffic:

Telephone services

Effective capacity (thousand exchange lines)

Keylines and PABX lines (thousands)

Fax lines (thousands)

Telephone lines (thousands)

Number of telephones (thousands)

Number of telephones per 100 population

International telephone and fax services

Outward (thousand minutes)

- - Inward (thousand minutes)

Number of international telephone circuits

Outward (thousand messages)

3 139

3 277

3.336

440

468

496

226

252

270

3 251

4 230

2 956 3.854+ 65.1+

1 319 043

1 200 050 †

418.55 24 242

1 730

3 114 4 050 + 66.8 +

1 537 727

1 418 162+

498.55 27 987 1 820

165

68.3

1 662 831

1 543 811

555.56 31 439 1 945

Number of outgoing calls (millions)

Number of international leased circuits

International telegraph services

219

124

Inward (thousand messages)

298

226

171

Transit (thousand messages)

108

149

132

Number of international telegraph circuits

2 655

2 445

2 343

International telex services

Outward (thousand minutes)

18 559

17 800

Inward (thousand minutes)

20 503

17 063

Transit (thousand minutes)

18 465

15 391

17 744 14.553 11 079

Number of telex trunks

2 187

2 058

2 028

Radio pictures transmissions

Transmitted

Received

Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)

Press

Meteorological

Telecommunications licences (all types)

Notes: * Revised figures.

† Estimates.

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121

17

8

103.6

103.2

102.8

89 861

96 613

97 383