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APPENDICES

Table 39

(Chapter 17: Communications, the Media and Information Technology) Communications and Internet Services

Postal services

1997

2001

2002

Letter mail (million articles)

1 273

1 360

Parcels (thousands)

1 425

921

1 266

927

Telecommunications and Internet Services

Telephone lines (thousands)

Business

1 526

1 765

1 708

Residential

2 098

2 161

2 134

Total

3 624

3 926

3. 842

Number of fax lines (thousand working lines)

343

411

546

Telephone lines per 1 000 population

556

581

564

Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers

320

630

617

per 1 000 population(1)

[327]

[844]

[912]

Public radio paging subscribers per 1 000 population Outward external telephone traffic (million minutes) Number of licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Number of customers of the licensed Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Registered customer accounts with dial-up(2)

access (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

accounts (thousands)

143

37

29

1 738

3 487

3 951

124

258*

235

2018

1 372

623

989

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

1 246

11 056

5 550

networks(3) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)

73 607

215 296

Notes: (1) Excluding pre-paid SIM cards. Figures including pre-paid SIM cards are presented in square brackets.

(2) Excluding Internet pre-paid calling cards.

(3) Excluding customer access via leased circuits.

Sources: Hong Kong Post.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2921 2231)

Office of the Telecommunications Authority.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2961 6652)