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Table 40

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

Communications and Internet Services

Postal services

Letter mail (million articles)

Parcels (thousands)

Telecommunications and Internet Services

Telephone lines (thousands)

Business

Residential

Total

Number of fax lines (thousand working lines) Telephone lines per 1 000 population Public mobile radiotelephone subscribers

per 1 000 population(1)

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

access(2) (thousands)

Registered broadband Internet access customer

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2000

2004

2005

1 341 975

1 273*

938

1 274

927

1 736

1 662

1 677

2 210

2 118

2 116

3 946

3 780

3 793

404

456

410

588

547

544

622

662

682

[780]

[1 180]

[1 226]

49

23

19

3 075

4 937

5 638

235

188

186

2 283

1 004

975

392

1 484

1 648

accounts (thousands)

Internet traffic volume

Customer access via public switched telephone

14 989

1 897

1 060

networks(3) (million minutes)

Customer access via broadband networks (terabits)

2 949 652

5 392 294

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)