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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 47

(Chapter 21: Communications and the Media)

Communications

Postal traffic

1994

1995

Letter mail (million articles)

Posted to destinations abroad

165.9

164.2

Posted for local delivery

839.5

894,2

Received from abroad for local delivery

100.5

105.5

In transit

2.0

1.1

Parcels (thousands)

Posted to destinations abroad

1 095

| 220

90

119

482

478

53

52

Posted for local delivery

Received from abroad for local delivery In transit

Telecommunications traffic

Telephone services

Effective exchange capacity (thousand 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)

1 537 727

Number of outgoing calls (millions)

Number of international telephone circuits Number of international leased circuits

M

1996 Estimate

158.6

913.0

100.6

0.9

1 130

95

419

37

3 277

3.339

3. 490

468

496

515

252

273

310

3 254

3.400

4 440

3 114 4 050* 66.8*

1 418 162*

498.55 27 987

1 820

165

4 230 * 68.3*

1 668 286

1 543 811

555.10 31 520 1 946

122

69.3

1 736 492

I 838 043

597.60 34 225 2 093

International telegraph services

Outward (thousand messages)

98

Inward (thousand messages)

226

167

122

Transit (thousand messages)

149

130

91

Number of international telegraph circuits

2 445

2 337

2 215

International telex services

Outward (thousand minutes)

17.800

17 729

15 921

Inward (thousand minutes)

17 063

14 445

12 213

Transit (thousand minutes}

15 391

11.003

2 058

2 032

9 860 1969

Number of telex trunks

Radio pictures transmissions

Transmitted

Received

Broadcast and reception services (thousand hours)

Meteorological

Telecommunications licences (all types)

Note:

* Estimate.

Sources: Office of the Telecommunications Authority,

Post Office.

17

8

103.2

104.3

96 613

97 383

[20.0

99 172